Grid
Grid (reporting network, in red) with map pointer (top left)
on a map of the Vienna Basin in 1937
(based on a special map of the 3rd regional survey )
on a map of the Vienna Basin in 1937
(based on a special map of the 3rd regional survey )
As grid is called in geometry , geography and cartography , a network of usually at the same distance and at right angles intersecting lines ( grid lines ). An exception is z. B. the Mercator projection . A line in this context is not understood to mean straight lines in every case , but z. B. also longitude or latitude .
Application examples for grids:
- official topographic maps
- Special cards
- Globes
- Graph paper
- military maps (reporting network).