mapping

noun

Definition of mapping

1 :the act or process of making a map

2 :function 5a

a one-to-one continuous mapping

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The disparity varies from state-to-state, as Business Insider pointed out in a recent mapping of the highest average salaries for women in each state.

— AL.com, "How much the highest-paid women in Alabama earn," 29 Aug. 2017
The UN is using satellite data technology, radar imagery and drone mapping to help evaluate which areas are at further risk for a second mudslide.

— veronica hilbring, Essence.com, "Death Toll Nears 300 Following Deadly Sierra Leone Mudslide," 15 Aug. 2017
There's mapping, which is a familiar use of drones for anyone involved in farming.

— david grossman, Popular Mechanics, "How Drones Could Be Able to Plant a Billion Trees Per Year," 14 Aug. 2017
The southern edge of the path as shown on the maps could be off by as little as the length of a football field or as much as a half-mile, eclipse mapping experts say.

— eric adler, kansascity, "Those maps of eclipse’s path? ‘Wrong,’ experts say — off by up to a half-mile at edge," 10 Aug. 2017
Many roads in Otay Ranch have yet to make their way onto digital mapping applications or GPS units, and cellphone reception can be spotty in parts.

— phillip molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, "The last frontier of homeownership?," 5 Aug. 2017
Work on the Riverwalk mapping has already begun, city attorney Mike DiSanto said.

— erin hegarty, Naperville Sun, "Official Naperville Riverwalk map to be drawn with room for expansion," 19 July 2017
The sequencing of the human genome - or the mapping of every gene in the body - has enabled not just dieticians, but all doctors, to use genetics in a more comprehensive way.

— andrea k. mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com, "Genetics playing a growing role in intersection of nutrition and health," 13 July 2017
And the National Trust for Historic Preservation in partnership with the geographic mapping company ESRI has launched a digital story map of Wright buildings.

— beth j. harpaz, courant.com, "MOMA Celebrates Frank Lloyd Wright's 150 Years," 5 July 2017

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