Well there are quite a few types of maps and it depends on where you are and where you're going.
is it political
first and for most i will first state that maps usually used symbols...
Different kinds of map
*road map
*political map
*topographic map
*geographic map
*aerial map
*world map
cartographers are those who made map
There are political maps, which show which areas are republican or democratic or other, geographical maps, which show the topographical features of land like mountains, plains, and bodies of water, and there are weather maps, which show meteorlogical quantities over layers of the atmosphere.
There are 7 different types of maps that are use today. These maps include political maps , physical maps, topographic maps , climate maps, economic (or resource) maps, road maps, and thematic maps.
There are actually six maps, not four; they are:
Climate maps;
Economic maps;
Physical maps;
Political maps;
Road maps; and
Topographic maps.
A geology map is a map that, rather than showing the cities, roads and rivers in an area, shows the types of rocks that make up the area. There are different types of geology maps: a surficial geology map shows the rock types and soil types found right at the surface. A bedrock geology map shows the type of rocks that make up the solid rock underneath the soils and dirt at the surface.
There are dozens of different types of maps, designed for different purposes. You might use a political map to see the borders of countries, states and counties, and to see the locations of capital cities and seats of various levels of government.
Here are different types of Norway maps: http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/scandinaviatripplanning/u/scandinavianmapsphotos.htm
=The curved surface of the earth cannot be shown accurately on a map because such a surface must be stretched or broken in some places as it is flattened. For this reason mapmakers use map projections.=
A commonly used scale on a topographic map is 1:24,000
it is helpful to use different types of weather map because different weather map could help you, like if a map has a part that you need and the other map does not.
There are many different types of map available for use. A few of these are, a political map(shows borders), a physical map(show landforms), and topographical map (shows physical features with contour lines), road map (shows roads), and a climate map(it shows different climates).
a map is flat an atlas has different types of maps and a globe is round
There are five types: Index Intermediate Supplementary Depression Carrying
An economic activity map shows the specific types of economic activity or Natural Resources present in an area using different types of symbols and colors depending on what is being shown on the map. I hope that helped(:
isothems and isobars
IT shows all different types of physical features. that's why it's called a physical map.
They could gain, if one map is only or one country, lets say america you can use a different continent map such as Spain's map. They have different cities, rivers, lakes, and are in different continents.
An economic activity map shows the specific types of economic activity or natural resources present in an area using different types of symbols and colors depending on what is being shown on the map.
there are 4
you can get maps online or in stores such a traffic and movement
A geology map is a map that, rather than showing the cities, roads and rivers in an area, shows the types of rocks that make up the area. There are different types of geology maps: a surficial geology map shows the rock types and soil types found right at the surface. A bedrock geology map shows the type of rocks that make up the solid rock underneath the soils and dirt at the surface.