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narrow valley example, the valley width may be exaggerated and the road, railroad,
and river displaced.
symbolization
Symbolization includes the selection and design of symbols to represent geographic
phenomena on a map. Not all cartographers agree that symbolization is a part of
generalization. Because assigning symbols to various phenomena is central to the
cartographic process, some consider symbolization to be completely separate. In this
book, symbolization, because of the size of the subject, is treated separately in Chap-
ters 7 and 8.