Hypermap

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A georeferenced multimedia map.

    "Since the hypermap does not impose integrity constraints or planar enforcement of geometry in its design, there is a flexibility in the implementation that is attractive when the overall size of the multimedia database is not too great."

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"Since the hypermap does not impose integrity constraints or planar enforcement of geometry in its design, there is a flexibility in the implementation that is attractive when the overall size of the multimedia database is not too great."

Etymology

From hyper- + map, introduced by Laurini and Millert-Raffort (1990).

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