Question

Distinguish between a map and a plan

Answer 1

Maps are used by pirates for teasure hunt.. And plans are made by theives for robbery!

Answer 2

plan generally works using a smaller scale while a map uses a larger scale as it generally covers larger areas. a plan is a true scale scale representation while a map is drawn such that some features on it cannot be drawn to scale. on a map many features are represented as symblos and generalization is carried out reasulting in changes in scale and displacement of features. e.g on a 1:1 million map, rivers and roads may be shown but they cannot be drawn to scale. a 5m road would be 0.005mm wide if drawn according to scale.

plans tend to be for a single or few applications while maps cover a large vary of uses e.g in exploration, military, reacreation, geological, navigation e.t.c

A map is printed on paper; a globe is the world map printed on a globe, which is round.A map is 2-Dimensional