In economics and business, all physical equipment (machinery, buildings, infrastructure) used by human labour in a process of production, for example, a secretary uses a computer; a farmer uses a mechanical plough. In modern economies, intellectual property and knowledge are types of human capital – necessary resources in the production of goods and services.
A study of and practice of map making, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting and reproduction, which aims to model reality in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.