Before revision: Some cartographers have used the term graticule to refer not only to the visual lines, but to the system of latitude and longitude reference itself;Dent, Borden D., Jeffrey S. Torguson, Thomas W. Hodler, Cartography: Thematic Map Design, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2009, p.27 however, in the era of Geographic information systems, this is far less common than calling it the Geographic coordinate system.
After revision: Some cartographers have used the term graticule to refer not only to the visual lines, but to the system of latitude and longitude reference itself;Dent, Borden D., Jeffrey S. Torguson, Thomas W. Hodler, Cartography: Thematic Map Design, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2009, p.27 however, in the era of geographic information systems, this is far less common than calling it the Geographic coordinate system.