Types of Maps

This map focuses solely on state and national boundaries.

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Topographic Map

Shows the physical landscape of a place.

• Climate Map

• Physical Map

• Political Map

Shows the specific type of economic activity or natural resources present in an area through the use of different symbols or colors

• Topographic Map

• Climate Map

• Economic or Resource Map

These maps show major and minor highways and roads as well as things like airports, city locations and points of interest like parks, campgrounds and monuments.

• Road map

• Economic or Resource Map

• Political Map

Use contour lines instead of colors to show changes in the landscape.

• Economic or Resource Map

• Road Map

• Topographic Map

A map that focuses on a particular theme or special topic and they are different from the six aforementioned general reference maps because they do not just show natural features like rivers, cities, political subdivisions, elevation and highways.

• Physical Map

• Road Map

• Thematic Map

Shows information about the climate of an area.

• Topographic Map

• Climate Map

• Thematic Map

A three-dimensional, or spherical, representation of Earth

• Map

• Globe

• Compass Rose

Two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth

• Map

• Globe

• Compass Rose

Tells the subject of the map or globe

• Scale

• Symbols

• Title