location map

noun

A map that provides detailed information about a specific area or location.

Meanings

nounlocation map (plural location maps)

plural location maps

  1. A map that provides detailed information about a specific area or location.

    In either event, its tracks as located today, are not located on the line as shown on the location map of 1868.

    1907, Supreme Court Appelate Devision, John J. Stephesn, John M. Foster, & C Earl Foster vs. The New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company, page 45
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    […] such occupant or claimant shall cause a location map to be made of each fishing location from the actual survey thereof, said map to contain a plat and descrption of said fishing location sufficient for its ascertainment and identification on the premises;

    1905, Session Laws of the State of Washington, page 256

    The location map can often be made by adding the necessary data to the preliminary map, and then making a new tracing, omitting the contours and such other features that are not desired on the final map.

    1913, George Wellington Pickels, Carroll Carson Wiley, Text Book on Railroad Surveying, page 14
  2. Synonym of locator map.

    Synonyms: locator map

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of locator map.

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