Maps are essentially unmoored, especially since library catalogues fail even to mention, let alone describe, the maps contained in their books.
Most of the world's subway maps are essentially diagrams: they depict subway routes as straight lines with right-angle turns, rather than curving channels tunneled through bedrock.
Most railroad maps are essentially graphic itineraries, indicating where you get on and off, drawn not to scale but, rather, to the self-aggrandizing proportions of the rail line in question.
At this point Google Maps is essentially what Tim O'Reilly predicted the map would become: part of the information infrastructure, a resource more complete and in many respects more accurate than what governments have.
Then the depth maps are essentially massaged into the correct shape to line up with their neighbors.
These maps are essentially vertical profiles of the corresponding quantities grouped in the proper temporal sequence with a time resolution of 2 min (the same as for the electric fields presented in Fig. 1).
He went further, adding that in his view GMS apps — including the Play Store, Gmail, YouTube and Google Maps — are "essentially necessary for survival for anyone who is outside of China".
"A majority of these range maps are essentially boundaries or polygons that are 'drawn' over a map based on the opinions of a handful of experts.
Microtubule associated proteins (MAPs) are essentially involved in dendritic and synaptic sprouting.
Heat maps are essentially simplified versions of 3D plots that replace the 3rd dimension with color gradients, thereby conveniently displaying the information contained in matrices.
