gridlines

cartography

Creating geographic representations

• latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
• longitudeEast-west angular distance
• coordinatesLocation-specifying number pairs

projection · topography · GIS · geospatial · atlas · contour · chart · surveying · scale · graticule

Excel

Microsoft's data-crunching application

• cellsBasic biological units
• rowsSide-by-side sequences
• columnsUpright structural shafts

worksheet · formatting · borders · headers · table · data · pivot · sorting · filtering · formulas

measurement

Determining size or amount

• calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
• scaleMeasure of relative size
• incrementsUnits of increase

ruler · graduation · alignment · accuracy · spacing · interval · millimeter · subdivision · reference · registration

matrix

Ordered numerical arrangement

• latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
• meshInterlocking open weave
• networkInterconnected system

framework · scaffold · pattern · intersections · perpendicular · horizontal · vertical · squares · rectangles · tessellation

layout

Spatial arrangement of elements

• alignmentCorrect relative positioning
• compositionArranged elements forming whole
• spacingInterval arrangement between objects

typography · InDesign · snapping · guides · margins · columns · baseline · kerning · leading · wireframe

• grid patternscheckerboard, lattice, squares, graph paper, mesh
• map featurescompass, compass rose, legend, scale, scale bar
• coordinate geometrycoordinate, coordinates, coordinate plane, Cartesian plane, Cartesian coordinates
• map symbolscompass rose, scale bar, map key, north arrow, symbols
• spreadsheetscell, cells, column, columns, row
• map gridsgraticule, UTM, easting, northing, map reference