| Map Symbol Type | Sense | Spatial Geometry | Abstract Form | State | Style | Expression Language | ||||||||
| Visual | Hearing | Touch | 2D | 3D | Point | Line | Area | Static | Dynamic | Machine- painted | Hand- painted | Graphic | Character | |
| animated symbol | √ | √ |
| √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| √ | √ |
| √ |
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| 3D symbol | √ |
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| √ |
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| √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
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| tag symbol | √ |
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| √ |
| √ |
| √ | √ |
| √ |
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| √ |
| node symbol | √ |
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| √ | √ | √ |
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| √ |
| √ |
| √ |
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| directed line symbol | √ |
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| √ | √ |
| √ |
| √ |
| √ |
| √ |
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| hot spot symbol | √ |
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| √ |
| √ |
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| √ | √ | √ |
| √ |
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| image symbol | √ |
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| √ | √ |
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| √ | √ |
| √ |
| √ |
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| hand-painted symbol | √ |
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| √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
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| √ | √ |
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| blind map symbol |
| √ | √ |
| √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| √ |
| √ | √ |