What is the main common aspect between maps and plans?
- They are both schematics of geographical features
- They are both drawings, with or without scale, of geographical and other physical features
- They are both fictitious
- They are both representations on paper of geographical and other physical features
Remember:
- Maps and plans always have scale;
- Maps and plans represent geographical and or other features of the built environment;
- Maps can also represent, for example, demographic and socio-economic indicators, such as population, income, or literacy.
Maps and plans should not be described as schematics, because they tend to be comprehensive, and are to scale. Maps and plans include more than geographical features. Maps and plans are always to scale, though maps have elements which are not true-to-scale. They are not ficticius, but they could evetually represent ficticius environments.