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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.

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What is the the list of symbols on a map?

Collectively, the symbols, with their meanings, on a map are called a 'legend'.


What is the list of symbols the map called?

Collectively, the symbols, with their meanings, on a map are called a 'legend'.


What do you use to find out the meanings of symbols on a map?

A legend.


How you call a list of map symbol and their meanings?

Such a list is known as either the 'legend' or the 'key' of the map.


What are the symbols called the language of the map?

Collectively, the symbols, with their meanings, on a map are called a 'legend'.


What would you find in a map margin?

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.


How does a legend look like examples?

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.


What is a list of all map symbols?

key


List of symbols used on a map?

A map key, known as a legend.


What map keys mean?

The map key is a list of symbols and their meaning used in the map.


What part of a map explains what symbols are?

The part of the map that explains what the map's symbols mean is called the legend. Besides notating what symbols are included in the map, a map legend also has a device made for measuring distance that shows how many miles to an inch or more.


What is the definition for map key?

a list of map symbols that tells what each symbol stands for.