The degree of difference in the position of a map feature from its true position on the ground. The difference between how features on a map and those same features in the real world are positioned in relationship to each other.
Text assigned on drawing, no intelligence, serves as a label only.
A line connecting a set of points that form one side of a polygon. A fundamental unit of geographical information. Company that developed AutoCAD software. Science and art of making maps and charts. Measures how recently the map data was collected, usually expressed as revision date.