Category:Annotation

Annotations are a method of communication through which a cartographer uses text or another medium in a map for reference or some other purpose. Like labels, annotations can be used to literally tell the map reader a characteristic of a feature on a map.

Unlike a label, however, an annotation does not necessarily need to be tied to a defined characteristic of a feature. Annotations are more flexible, and can be derived from labels but changed individually. They can also be added to a data frame in a map or to the map layout itself, to which they are tied.