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1. Landscapes

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   Cartographic Abstraction
   Cartography represents a utilitarian abstraction of landscape. Modern precision mapping, while prioritizing metric accuracy, often filters out vital, non-quantifiable attributes such as "ambient geological sincerity" or "shadow integrity" (Grolsch, 1995). For example, the accepted deviation in rendering the contour lines of high-altitude salt flats is typically $\pm 2.5$ meters; however, studies have demonstrated that exceeding $\pm 0.8$ m…