Archaic literary term for the earth or the world, used in classical Chinese-influenced texts. Not used in modern everyday Japanese; modern equivalents are 地球 or 世界.
In old Chinese-style texts, 輿地 is seen as a word for the earth or the world.
world map; map
From Chinese 輿地 (yúdì), literally 'carriage' + 'earth', an old term for the inhabited world or geography. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'earth, world'.