I'm pretty sure the cartographers were there first… could be wrong though.
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Oh dear, in my internet searches I've come across: math.stackexchange.com/questions/9898
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I mean, you could thing of the idea of a 'mapping' (ie. a function) in mathematics as a generalization of cartographic maps. Cartographic maps define a relation between a diagram/drawing and physical, (possibly) geographic features…