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  2. Teslin (material) - Wikipedia

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    Teslin (material) Teslin is a waterproof synthetic printing medium manufactured by PPG Industries. Teslin is a single-layer, uncoated film, and extremely strong. Its official website states that it is recyclable and non-toxic. [1] The strength of the lamination peel of a Teslin sheet is 2-4 times stronger than other coated synthetic and coated ...

  3. Escape and evasion map - Wikipedia

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    Escape and evasion map. Evasion charts or escape maps are maps made for servicemembers, and intended to be used when caught behind enemy lines to assist in performing escape and evasion. Such documents were secreted to prisoners of war by various means to aid in escape attempts. During World War II, these clandestine maps were used by many ...

  4. Thermal-transfer printing - Wikipedia

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    Thermal-transfer printing is done by melting wax within the print heads of a specialized printer. The thermal-transfer print process utilises three main components: a non-movable print head, a carbon ribbon (the ink) and a substrate to be printed, which would typically be paper, synthetics, card or textile materials.

  5. Rand McNally - Wikipedia

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    A Rand McNally map appended to the 1914 edition of The New Student's Reference Work. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways. One of its cartographers, John Brink, invented a system that was first published in 1917 on a map of Peoria, Illinois. In addition to creating maps with numbered roads ...

  6. Ordnance Survey - Wikipedia

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    The map shows all footpaths and the format is similar to the Explorer maps, but with less detail. OS Landranger Active (1:50,000) Select OS Landranger maps available in a plastic-laminated waterproof version, similar to the OS Explorer Active range. As of October 2009, 25 of the 204 Landranger maps were available as OS Landranger Active maps.

  7. Cartographic design - Wikipedia

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    Cartographic design or map design is the process of crafting the appearance of a map, applying the principles of design and knowledge of how maps are used to create a map that has both aesthetic appeal and practical function. [ 1 ] It shares this dual goal with almost all forms of design; it also shares with other design, especially graphic ...