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a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc. is called map
Answer: A map is defined as a representation, usually on a flat surface, of a whole or part of an area. The job of a map is to describe spatial relationships of specific features that the map aims to represent. There are many different types of maps that attempt to represent specific things. Maps can display political boundaries, population, physical features, natural resources, roads, climates, elevation (topography), and economic activities.
Maps are produced by cartographers. Cartography refers to both the study of maps and the process of map-making. It has evolved from basic drawings of maps to the use of computers and other technologies to assist in making and mass-producing maps.
Some common types of map projections include:
- Mercator
- Transverse Mercator
- Robinson
- Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
- Miller Cylindrical
- Sinusoidal Equal Area
- Orthographic
- Stereographic
- Gnomonic
- Albers Equal Area Conic
Reference maps show the location of geographic boundaries, physical features of Earth, or cultural features such as places, cities, and roads. Political maps, physical maps, road maps, topographic maps, time zone maps, geologic maps, and zip code maps are all examples of reference maps. A variety of reference maps have been created for almost every country of the world.
Thematic maps show the variation of a topic (the theme) across a geographic area. Weather maps showing daily high temperatures across the United States are familiar examples of a thematic map. They are made by starting with a reference map of the United States. Then temperature data is plotted atop of the reference map using colors to communicate the temperature forecast. Income maps and resource maps are other types of thematic maps.