map

publication type or genre, visual representation of geographic space
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map

Summary

map is a type of map[1]. map ranks in the top 7% of type_of_map entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (870 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • map's instance of is recorded as type of map[3].
  • map's instance of is recorded as genre[4].
  • map is a type of cartographic work[5].
  • map is a type of cartographic material[6].
  • map is a type of cartographic product[7].
  • map is part of map series[8].
  • map's Commons category is recorded as Maps[9].
  • map's has cause is recorded as cartographic generalization[10].
  • map's has cause is recorded as cartographic mapping[11].
  • map's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Maps[12].
  • map's Commons gallery is recorded as Map[13].
  • map's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • map's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[15].
  • map's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[16].
  • map's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • map's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[18].
  • map's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • map's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • map's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[21].
  • map's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox map[22].
  • map's topic has template is recorded as Q102177457[23].
  • map's topic has template is recorded as Q26135763[24].
  • map's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/maps[25].
  • map's has characteristic is recorded as type of map[26].
  • map's main Wikidata property is recorded as P242[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of map[3] and genre[4]. Recorded subclass of include cartographic work[5], cartographic material[6], and cartographic product[7].

Use and Application

map is part of map series[8].

Influence

Things named for map include Mapillary[28], a business[29], in Sweden[30], founded in 2014[31], headquartered in Malmö[32]; mini-map[33], a type of map[34]; Map Warper[35], a software[36]; and Don's Maps[37], a website[38].

Why It Matters

map ranks in the top 7% of type_of_map entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (870 views/month).[2] map has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] map is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for map include Mapillary[28], a business[29], in Sweden[30], founded in 2014[31], headquartered in Malmö[32]; mini-map[33], a type of map[34]; Map Warper[35], a software[36]; and Don's Maps[37], a website[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Maps
    Topic has template Template:Infobox map, Q102177457, Q26135763
    Aliases
    Properties for this type P3037, P1752, P180 +1
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4987, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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