insets
Maps within maps
Insets are smaller things set within larger ones.
A map inset shows a zoomed detail or distant related area within the main map's frame.
In publishing, an inset is a page or section inserted into a larger document.
The verb inset means to place something within a larger surface or space: The jeweler inset tiny diamonds along the band.
Insets in clothing or upholstery are decorative panels set into the main fabric.
Flat rectangular sections
- framesRigid enclosing structures
- insertsItems placed within others
- inclusionsThings placed within
- additionsThings joined to existing wholes
enclosures · insertions · compartments · recesses · niches · cutouts · pockets · slots
Spatial representation of terrain
- atlasBound collection of charts
- detailSingle small element
- enlargementIncrease in size
- locatorThing that finds position
scale · boundary · region · area · zone · legend · key · overview
panels
Flat rectangular sections
- framesRigid enclosing structures
- insertsItems placed within others
- inclusionsThings placed within
additions · enclosures · insertions · compartments · recesses · niches · cutouts · pockets · slots · cavities
map
Spatial representation of terrain
- atlasBound collection of charts
- detailSingle small element
- enlargementIncrease in size
locator · scale · boundary · region · area · zone · legend · key · overview · callout
illustrations
Pictures explaining text
images · diagrams · pictures · pages · supplements · pullouts · foldouts · layouts · spreads · margins
panels
Flat rectangular sections
- gussetsStrengthening fabric inserts
- placketsGarment closure flaps
- facingsFabric finishing garment borders
linings · trim · appliqués · patches · piecing · sections · wedges · extensions
- visual elementsdiagrams, illustrations, symbols, charts, graphs
- mapmakingcartographer, map scales, mapmaker, map projection, compass rose
- comic book featurespanels, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, captions, gutters
- sidebar contentcallouts, text boxes, pull quotes, captions, asides
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
insetsoutsets
Opening phases
protrusions · extensions · projections · extrusions · outcroppings
- inset panel
- inset mapEmbedded smaller-scale diagram