Question

What are conventional signs and symbols used on a map ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The conventional signs and symbols are used to mark necessary objects and physical features of the area on the map . They are usually used to denote the temples , settlements , bridges , physical structures , roads , tanks , water bodies and also some human made structures

Answer 2

What do you mean by conventionall signs and symbols?

Conventional symbols are widely accepted signs or sign systems which signify an idea or concept. They represent different features on a map and are not drawn to scale. They are important because: Symbols can be used to depict features like cities, roads and railways

There are three types of map symbols:

• Point Symbols= buildings, dipping tanks, trigonometrical beacons.
• Line Symbols= railways, roads, power lines, telephone lines.
• Area Symbols=cultivation, orchards and vineyards, pans.

The following colour codes are used with map symbols:

• Brown: land or earth features= contour lines, eroded areas, prominent rock outcrops, sand areas and dunes, secondary or gravel roads.
• Light Blue: water features= aqueducts, canals, furrows and siphons, coastlines, dams, lakes, marshes, swamps and vleis, pans, rivers, water towers.
• Dark Blue= national freeways.
• Green: vegetation features= cultivated fields, golf courses, nature and game reserve boundaries, orchards and vineyards, recreation grounds, woodland.
• Black: construction features= roads, tracks, railways, buildings, bridges, cemeteries, communication towers, dam walls, excavations and mine dumps, telelphone lines, power lines, windpumps, wrecks, ruins, trigonometrical beacons, boundaries.
• Grey: construction features= built-up areas, cadastral information.
• Red: consruction featues= national, arterial and main roads, lighthouses and marine lights.
• Pink= international boundaries.

Always remember that grouping map symbols into colours will allow you to remember them easier and it will allow for you to understand the symbols much better!!

We can also group map symbols into 5 elements:

• Relief= contours, spot heights, trigonometrical beacons.
• Water= lakes, rivers, waterholes, resevoirs.
• Vegetation= cultivation, orchards and vineyards, forests, plantations, woodland.
• Man-made= communication lines, settlements.
• Political= boundaries.

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