A map showing only the horizontal position of features on the Earth's surface which show geographic ... A planimetrically accurate map showing planimetric detail and other general features shows ...

(1) (Data West Research Agency definition: see GIS glossary.) The closeness of results of observations, computations, or estimates of graphic map features to their true value or position.

There’s an old joke that the only accurate map covers the entire earth, but it’s a 1 to 1 scale. Every other map has some perspective built into it. So, for that reason, every map is political ...

The $488 million observatory is set to launch at the end of this month on a two-year mission to map the entire celestial sky.