An application that charts physical locations on maps for identification and navigation. Smartphone mapping apps are commonly used instead of dedicated GPS units, though built-in vehicle navigation systems can be more usable. Web mapping delivers maps through geographic information systems and allows users to choose what maps show. It emphasizes design like data storage over end-user reports. Quality maps are important for planning applications to clearly communicate proposals to the public. Application topology mapping diagrams how enterprise applications connect and perform.

1. MAPPING APPLICATION
An application that charts physical locations on the globe for
identification and navigation. Smartphone mapping apps are
often used in place of dedicated portable and in-dash
navigation units; however, nothing is quite as usable as stock
equipment that comes with the vehicle (see in-dash
navigation).

2. WEB MAPPING
 Web mapping is the process of using maps delivered by geographic information
systems (GIS). A web map on the World Wide Web is both served and
consumed, thus web mapping is more than just web cartography, it is a service
by which consumers may choose what the map will show. Web GIS
emphasizes geodata processing aspects more involved with design aspects
such as data acquisition and server software architecture such as data storage
and algorithms, than it does the end-user reports themselves.[1]
 The terms web GIS and web mapping remain somewhat synonymous. Web
GIS uses web maps, and end users who are web mapping are gaining
analytical capabilities. The term location-based services refers to web mapping
consumer goods and services. Web mapping usually involves a web browser or
other user agent capable of client-server interactions.[2] Questions of quality,
usability, social benefits, and legal constraints are driving its evolution.
 The advent of web mapping can be regarded as a major new trend in
cartography. Until recently cartography was restricted to a few companies,
institutes and mapping agencies, requiring relatively expensive and complex
hardware and software as well as skilled cartographers and geomatics
engineers.

3. MAPPING FUNCTION

4. PRIMARY DESKTOP MAPPING APPS
 The primary desktop mapping apps are
MapQuest, Yahoo Maps and Google Maps.
The major smartphone map apps are from
Google, Apple and Nokia, the latter the
owner of NAVTEQ, one of the two leading
suppliers of worldwide map data. The other
supplier is TeleAtlas, owned by portable GPS
vendor TomTom. See mapping, Google Maps
and Apple Maps.

5. IMPORTANCE OF MAPPING
 It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Today’s digital mapping and
Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies can be used to create high quality
informative and adaptable map products.
 Quality graphics and maps are a key component of many planning applications and are
very important when it comes to involving members of the public in the planning process.
When the public views an application, they may not fully understand what the application
entails. Therefore, plans and drawings are a valuable communicative tool within the realm
of the planning process.
 A skilled map/graphics designer can create plans and drawings that clearly reflect what is
intended to be proposed. And when the message is clear, questions are more easily
answered and doubts laid to rest.
 The following tables outline all the information necessary on plans and drawings to
describe your proposal in detail based on the type of application. Please note that the
requirements for the plans and drawings listed below are general. Since different
municipalities may require further detail; it is important to check municipal sketch
requirements prior to submitting an application.

6. APPLICATION TOPOLOGY MAPPING
 A subset of network topology and network
mapping software, application topology mapping
software tools are designed to map or diagram
the layout of mission-critical applications in an
enterprise, how different apps are connected to
each other, how they can be accessed by
various computers and networks, and how they
are currently performing in terms of efficiency
and availability. The applications mapped by
these tools can range from non-connected
applications to Web-enabled applications,
streaming apps and even cloud applications.