What S A Topographic Map

When you are navigating, a topographic map can show you where you are, what route to take, and which ways are dead ends. Roads, buildings, urban development, railways, airports, names of places and geographic features, administrative boundaries, state and international borders, reserves. Topographic maps are used to show the shape and features of the earth’s surface.

They are different from other maps in that they show both vertical and horizontal positions of the terrain. Geological survey (usgs) used to be the gold standard for topo maps. Topographic maps refer to maps at large and medium scales that incorporate a massive variety of information.

Thanks to the contour lines you can know the shape of the earth's surface and its inclination.

The distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is the use of elevation contour lines to show the shape of the earth's surface. Once you know the scale represented on your map, you can start to take in the other information. Thanks to all these symbols and colors they can be distinguished rivers, mountains. This information is then represented on.