Such a list is known as either the 'legend' or the 'key' of the map.
Every map has different symbols and meanings to represent a feature. The legend at the bottom of every map has the symbols and their meanings.
Collectively, the symbols, with their meanings, on a map are called a 'legend'.
Collectively, the symbols, with their meanings, on a map are called a 'legend'.
a list of map symbols that tells what each symbol stands for.
Symbol/Symbols
A legend, as printed on a map, is best described as two columns: one showing a list of symbols used on the map, and the second showing a list of their meanings in words. There are other meanings to the word legend: For example: Johnny Cash was considered to be a legend of the Country Music Scene.
A list of symbols and their meanings, details of scale and distance, compass points information - magnetic, true, grid north, and so on, is usually found in a map's margin.
You can find it on a legend. The legend might be found somewhere on the map or outside of it.
The list of a map symbols is called the Key.
most map I have seen had the book symbol
You mean symbols, that represent things on a map. Yea, in a legend it shows the symbol and what it represents/symbolises. x]
Bobby was unsure what the map symbol meant.He asked a local if he knew the meaning of the unusual map symbol.