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Cartographic generalization, a Common card
Cartographic generalization, or map generalization, includes all changes in a map that are made when one derives a smaller-scale map from a larger-scale map or map data.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,700
Ranked #2,216 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Cartographic generalization quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cartographic generalization card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is a core part of cartographic ______.
Answer
design. It is a core part of cartographic design. From the Cartographic generalization article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2026 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election. 2026 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election 82 · Public rhetoric 74 · Cartographic generalization 71 · Elliot Aronson 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Atomic battery. Atomic battery 47,000 · John Vincent Atanasoff 35,000 · Elliot Aronson 16,000 · Cartographic generalization 7,700 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is a core part of cartographic design.
- Whether done manually by a cartographer or by a computer or set of algorithms, generalization seeks to abstract spatial information at a high level of detail to information that can be rendered on a map at a lower level of detail.
- The cartographer has license to adjust the content within their maps to create a suitable and useful map that conveys spatial information, while striking the right balance between the map's purpose and the precise detail of the subject being mapped.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cartographic generalization article was read about 7,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Cartographic generalization
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Text : Wikipedia, Cartographic generalization (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Noleander, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
