(Important Note: I have only uploaded the glyphs I
have used in practice sentences and sample constructions. Therefore, not every
glyph indicated on these "source" pages is available on my website at
the moment. Instead, you'll probably see a lot of these little guys,
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One of the the reason I started thinking about this project is that my hobby is cartography, so I have a long history of trying to cram complex information into simple visuals. Fortunately, I haven't had to invent too many symbols from scratch because centuries of cartography have given us a lot of well-established icons.
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airport |
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battlefield |
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border |
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bridge |
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camp |
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capital |
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church |
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highway |
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marina, port |
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meadow |
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mill |
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mine |
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ruins |
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school |
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scale |
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spot |
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swamp |
Both the World Book and the Encyclopedia Amercana use similar symbols to indicate economic activities on state maps.
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corn |
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cotton |
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mining |
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oil |
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poultry |
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timber |
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Last updated December 2003
Copyright © 2003 Matthew White