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    Maps are defined as a set of points, lines, and areas that correspond to a coordinate system and describe spatial and non-spatial attributes. There are general purpose maps, special purpose maps, and thematic maps. General purpose maps show basic geographic features while special purpose maps are more detailed for specific uses like navigation. Thematic maps portray a single theme like land use or through choropleth or isopleth maps which use shading or lines to show quantities over an area. Maps have limitations as they are static representations that can become outdated and information is generalized at larger scales.

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    Maps are defined as a set of points, lines, and areas that correspond to a coordinate system and describe spatial and non-spatial attributes. There are general purpose maps, special purpose maps, and thematic maps. General purpose maps show basic geographic features while special purpose maps are more detailed for specific uses like navigation. Thematic maps portray a single theme like land use or through choropleth or isopleth maps which use shading or lines to show quantities over an area. Maps have limitations as they are static representations that can become outdated and information is generalized at larger scales.

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    Maps are defined as a set of points, lines, and areas that correspond to a coordinate system and describe spatial and non-spatial attributes. There are general purpose maps, special purpose maps, and thematic maps. General purpose maps show basic geographic features while special purpose maps are more detailed for specific uses like navigation. Thematic maps portray a single theme like land use or through choropleth or isopleth maps which use shading or lines to show quantities over an area. Maps have limitations as they are static representations that can become outdated and information is generalized at larger scales.

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    Maps

    A set of points, lines, and areas which are described by their spatial location corresponding to a
    coordinate system and by their non spatial attribute is defined as maps.

    The different types of maps are;

    General purpose maps

    The general purpose maps show roads, power lines, transportation routes and water features.
    In other words, these maps do not exhibits any special characteristics.

    Special purpose maps

    The special purpose maps are generally of large scale which is prepared for particular purposes
    like ocean charts for navigation and cadastral maps which exhibits information of the property
    ownership.

    Thematic maps

    The maps which posses a specific geographical theme are known as thematic maps.
    These maps can portray physical, social, political culture economic, sociological, agricultural, or
    any other aspects of a city, state, region, nation, or continent".

    Eg: land use map


    Thematic maps maps are further divided into two types,

    a. Choropleth map

    a map which uses differences in shading, colouring, or the placing of symbols within predefined
    areas to indicate the average values of a particular quantity in those areas.

    b. Isopleths map
    An isopleth map generalizes and simplifies data with a continuous distribution. It shows
    the data as a third dimension on a map, thus isopleth maps are more common for
    mapping surface elevations, amounts of precipitation, atmospheric pressure, and
    numerous other measurements that can be viewed statistically as a third dimension.

    Isopleth example: precipitation 10th June 2000 (mm)


    Different characteristics of maps
     Maps are 2D representations of surface of the earth usually drawn to scale
     These are the reductions of the actual surfaces
     The changes and updating in the map are impossible as these are the static
    versions and are permanent prints on a paper.
     Display of information depends on the map scale
     Maps represent the data which are generally out of date
     Two elements which are related to maps are the location and the attributes
    corresponding to it

    Uses of maps

     In ancient times maps are used for navigation and military purposes
     Physical maps provided an overview of the natural features and the major man made
    places in a particular area.
     They are significant as they provide a general data about the land which is under study
     Maps are used generally to organize the geographic data such as topography, natural
    resources, types of information and types of maps.

    Limitations of maps

     The thematic maps which are suitable for land or spatial analysis can not be combined
    easily
     Updating of map is difficult, as it require timely information
     Large areas corresponding to map scale is to be represented on a large number of map
    sheets. This creates difficulty in viewing and analysis
     In order to make the maps readable they have to be generalized due to which significant
    information may be lost
     The problems associated with the urban and natural resources become complex

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