MAPS AND PLANS

What is a PLAN?

• It's a geographic representation that show or mark location in a city, place, building, house or room.

• Tell us how many times the plan has been reduced from its real size.

Elements of a PLAN

• cardinal points

  symbols and signs

• symbols and signs

  cardinal points

  the key or legend

  the toponomy

• the key or legend

  symbols and signs

  cardinal points

• the mountains and rivers

Types of plans

• Orthogonal checkerboard plans

• Linear plans

• Radiocentric plans

• irregular plans

This plan is...

• Orthogonal plan

• Linear plan

• Radiocentric plan

This plan is...

• Orthogonal plan

• Irregular plan

• Radiocentric plan

What is a MAP?

• It's a representation of a territory on the Earth's surface.

• It's a geographic representation that show or mark location in a city, place, building, house or room.

Types of MAPS are...

• Climate maps

• Transportation maps

• Demographic maps

• Topographic maps

• Landscapes maps

• Physical map

• Political map

• Physical map

• Political map

• Climate map

Graphic scales...

• use a line with separated segments

• use fractions to describe the ratio between the map and real-world size