Get the answer of: Why a scale is must in a map? Drawing actual shape of Earth on paper is known as map. It is always smaller than the actual size of Earth or a part of it. In other words original distances are represented on maps according to a fixed ratio. The ratio of distance shown on the map [...]
Various types of symbols are used in different types of maps: 1. Atlases 2. Relief Maps 3. Weather Maps. 1. Symbols Used in Atlases: No one can understand the importance of Atlas as a students can. Atlas is a book of maps which is a combination of maps of continents, Oceans, Countries and specially the natural political regions of India. [...]
In this article we will discuss about the enlargement and reduction of map. While using maps, usually such situations arise when we need to increase the size of maps, specially when we have to add new or extra information in a present map. For Example: Large scale maps are required for urban planning. These provide large space in which detailed [...]