Geographic maps Map

a celestial map 17th century, cartographer frederik de wit

cartography or map-making study , practice of crafting representations of earth upon flat surface (see history of cartography), , 1 makes maps called cartographer.

road maps perhaps used maps today, , form subset of navigational maps, include aeronautical , nautical charts, railroad network maps, , hiking , bicycling maps. in terms of quantity, largest number of drawn map sheets made local surveys, carried out municipalities, utilities, tax assessors, emergency services providers, , other local agencies. many national surveying projects have been carried out military, such british ordnance survey: civilian government agency, internationally renowned comprehensively detailed work.

in addition location information maps may used portray contour lines indicating constant values of elevation, temperature, rainfall, etc.