Question

What is the use of conventional signs and symbols?

Answer 1

Almost everything that appears on a map, except a printed name, is a conventional sign.Conventional signs and symbols represent various features shown on a map and are not drawn to scale. Most conventional signs and symbols are very easy to learn and they make using a map much easier and more clear.

Man made features like cities, roads and railways are very important on a map, therefore, they are shown far larger on a map than their real size. Colours are used to make map symbols more clear and they are used to put map symbols into groups.

 

Answer 2

He/ she can read even those maps which are in foreign languages since these symbols are universally accepted.Different colours are used for showingdifferent objects in the conventional signs such as water is shown by blue colour, vegetation by green and man-made objects by black colour.