geographic mapping

Preferred Label : geographic mapping;

MeSH definition : Creating a representation of areas of the earth or other celestial bodies, for the purpose of visualizing spatial distributions of various information.;

MeSH synonym : mapping, geographic; geographic cartography; cartography, geographic;

DeCS synonym : Cartography;

MeSH hyponym : dasymetric mapping; choropleth mapping; Mapping, Dasymetric; Mapping, Choropleth;

Related MeSH term : geocoding; georeferencing;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding;

Details

Origin ID

D062305;

UMLS CUI

C3494296;

Record concept(s)
- choropleth mapping [MeSH concept]
- dasymetric mapping [MeSH concept]
- geocoding [MeSH concept]
- geographic mapping [MeSH concept]
- georeferencing [MeSH concept]
See also
- Topography [DeCS]
- geographic information systems [MeSH Descriptor]
- maps as topic [MeSH Descriptor]
- topography, medical [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Research Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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