graticule

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Editorial note

The rolling is perhaps made more obvious with my use of a graticule.

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Quick take

A grid of horizontal and vertical lines; specifically, one used as a guide to proportionately enlarge or reduce a drawing.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A grid of horizontal and vertical lines; specifically, one used as a guide to proportionately enlarge or reduce a drawing.

noun

(by extension) A (nearly) rectangular or square region created by a grid of horizontal and vertical lines.

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(geography) The network of lines of latitude and longitude that make up a coordinate system such as the one used for charts and maps of the Earth.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for graticule.

noun

A grid of horizontal and vertical lines; specifically, one used as a guide to proportionately enlarge or reduce a drawing.

See also: reticule, reticle

noun

(by extension) A (nearly) rectangular or square region created by a grid of horizontal and vertical lines.

See also: reticule, reticle

noun

(geography) The network of lines of latitude and longitude that make up a coordinate system such as the one used for charts and maps of the Earth.

See also: reticule, reticle

noun

(UK, optics) Synonym of reticle (“a transparent plate marked with a crosshair, grid, or scale which is used in an optical instrument, etc., to aid in alignment, counting, or measurement of objects being observed; also, the crosshair, grid, or scale on such a plate”).

See also: reticule, reticle

Example sentences

The rolling is perhaps made more obvious with my use of a graticule.

Also, a graticule would be handy, as it can be tricky to find a specific place with the simple basemap.

A massive thank you for Graticule - have been using it a lot when meeting up with friends for walks.

Interestingly, Google Earth uses the same approach as I do, though perhaps it seems less obvious without a graticule.

I remember it doing sort of x/y axis lines like the graticule in a gunsight to mark its point.

While something like Graticule might not have saved him (it's unknown how bad the crash was), it sure could have reduced the SAR.

On Friday evening, we'd look at the nearest graticule(s) to our town and pick one for a Saturday day trip.

I guess in an ideal world, viewing someone elses graticule link would open in the app rather than the webpage.

Curious as to where you see Graticule going.

Couple of hours later I was seeing flashes and a massive floater-like object appeared, a bit like a wobbling HUD graticule around my central vision.

It would make an excellent poster-sized lab wall chart if the graticule lines were subdivided from 10³ to 10 (leaving 10³ lines bold) to provide finer granularly and allow more detail of the tech together with the dates of their introduction and phase out, etc.

At that point clicking multiple links for different people would just add them all into my copy off the app so I could see everyone moving around just by opening my copy of graticule rather than keeping track of other people's URLs.

Quote examples

I don't expect exactly when using floats (or doubles, etc) and my mental model includes the image of the "fine teeth of coverage" having uneven spacing, that the float graticule across the reals is uneven and at best semi quasi regular has largely been my greatest issue (in geophysical computation engine development).

Proper noun examples

For anyone looking for a more privacy conscious version, I made Graticule[1] a few years ago.

If you're looking for a Glympse alternative, I made Graticule[1].

Graticule does have a passive mode, where you start it and it will only transmit if there's another app requesting location (like Strava, Runtastic, Waze, whatever).