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Mapping Toolbox User's Guide


Getting StartedAn overview of Mapping Toolbox aimed at getting you oriented and productive right away
Understanding Map DataDifferent ways maps are digitally represented, and the range of data that Mapping Toolbox software can handle
Understanding Geospatial GeometryEssential geographic (e.g., geographic and plane coordinates, spherical geometry), and geodetic concepts (such as ellipsoids and projections)
Creating and Viewing MapsUsing functions and associated interfaces for displaying and interacting with vector and raster digital map data
Making Three-Dimensional MapsObtaining terrain data, making surface views, draping other data over terrain, shading, and lighting planimetric and spherical 3-D relief displays
Customizing and Printing MapsMethods for annotating maps, symbolizing thematic maps, and printing maps to scale
Manipulating Geospatial DataTools and techniques for extracting, combining, simplifying, and otherwise transforming geodata
Using Map Projections and Coordinate SystemsWhat map projections are, their essential properties, and how Mapping Toolbox constructs and controls forward and inverse map projections
Creating Web Map Service MapsSearching local database for appropriate layers and retrieving capabilities documents and maps from Web Map Service servers
Mapping ApplicationsHow to operate numerically on geospatial data to compute spatial statistics and solve navigation problems
  


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