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Mexico's national map vocabulary.
Also known as: Mexican map symbols
The set of conventional signs used on the Mexican national topographic map series.
Define the features shown on the Mexican national topographic series.
Contexts: Navigation, Maps
Include a developed vocabulary for arid and semi-arid features — arroyos, playas and intermittent water bodies — which occupy a large share of the national territory and are barely represented in temperate legends.
Contexts: Navigation, Maps
Carry archaeological site signs at a level of detail unusual in a national series, reflecting the density of recorded sites the survey has to place.
Contexts: Navigation, Maps
A closed set of point, line and area signs across the standard four-colour scheme, with distinct signs for arid-land features.