Types of map
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There are several major types of maps, including climate maps, political maps, economic or resource maps, physical maps, street maps, road maps, topographic maps, and thematic maps. Climate maps portray climate conditions, political maps show state and natural boundaries as well as city locations, and economic maps denote natural resources and economic activities through colors and symbols. Physical maps portray landscape features such as mountains, lakes, and rivers using colors to represent elevations. Street maps and road maps indicate highways with different colors. Topographic maps use contour lines to show terrain elevations. Thematic maps focus on a particular theme rather than natural features.
Types of map
- 1. Types of Map
- 2. Types of Map • Depending on the kind of information shown, some of the major types of maps are: 1. Climate maps 2. Political maps 3. Economic or resource maps 4. Physical maps 5. Street maps/Road maps 6. Topographic maps 7. Thematic maps
- 3. Climate Maps •Prepared for Portraying the climate conditions of a place
- 4. Political Map •Prepared for Portraying the state and natural boundaries of a place •Involves the locations of small and large cities
- 5. Economic Resource Map •Prepared for Portraying the economic activities or natural resources which are existing in an area by denoting them using various colors or symbols
- 6. Physical Map •Prepared for Portray the features of a landscapes such as •Mountains •Lakes •Rivers etc •Variations in elevations and mountains are represented using various colors •Green---lower elevation •Brown ---higher elevation
- 7. Street Maps
- 8. Road Maps •Major highway----red color •Minor highway----lighter color
- 9. Topographic Maps •Prepared for Portraying the features of a physical landscape • which can use contour lines •—regular intervals---variation in elevations •Lines are closely spaced terrain is step
- 10. Thematic Maps •Prepared for particular theme or topic •Different from all kinds of maps •Do not portrayed the natural features •Elevations •Highways •Political sub dimensions •Rivers •cities etc