Visualization VocabularyDataviz vocabulary

map

cartographic generalization

also: generalization, map generalization

Simplification of a map by selecting, smoothing, aggregating or displacing features to suit its scale and purpose.

généralisation cartographique

aussi : généralisation

Simplification d'une carte par sélection, lissage, agrégation ou déplacement des objets, pour l'adapter à son échelle et à son but.

Classification

  • map

Attestation

Sources (31)

505 occurrences in the corpus; indexed by 5 books

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Cite this entry

Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/cartographic-generalization.html

ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. cartographic generalization. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/cartographic-generalization.html

BibTeX
@incollection{taudiere2026-cartographic-generalization,
  author    = {Taudière, Adrien},
  title     = {cartographic generalization},
  booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  publisher = {IdEst},
  url       = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/cartographic-generalization.html},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}

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