What is the differance between a Political Map and a Physical Map in a Atlas?
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What's the difference between a physical and political map?\n\nAnswer\nExactly what the words say. A physical map shows the physical features of an area; mountains, lakes, rivers, coastlines, and so on. Often the positions of large towns and roads are also shown as reference points and because these are, after all, physical features albeit artificial ones. Physical maps are usually colored according to height or vegetation.\n\nThe political map shows state, county and national boundaries; lines on the map which rarely actually exist on the ground. Colours on a political map represent jurisdictions, reflecting politicl rather than physical characteristics of the area mapped. \n\nAnswer\nthe different is that a physical map is shown to physial feature of an area n a poltocal map ie responible for most the out ine of the map \n\nAnswer\nPysical maps are with pyiscal things like moutians and lakes and political maps show like state cities and boundaries.
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just the geographical format basically
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Hi,\nWell in brief, a map is usually a geographical representation of a certain location..\n\nA plan is a drawing made by someone that has more details on it, like dimensions, furniture,... etc\n\nThere are different types of plans (architectural for example) floor plan, plumbing plan, electricity plan, interior design plan ...etc\n\nA site-plan, could be a mix between both; a map of a certain location that includes a representation of a building for example and its surroundings...\n\nHope this helps :)\n\nDefinition of map from wikipedia\n---\nA map is a simplified depiction of a space, a navigational aid which highlights relations between objects within that space. Most usually a map is a two-dimensional, geometrically accurate representation of a three-dimensional space\n\nDefinition of plan from thefreedictionary.com\n---\n\narchitectural plan - scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file"\n\nplan\ndrawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"\nelevation - drawing of an exterior of a structure\nfloor plan - scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level; contrasts with elevation
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I assume you mean a physical topagraphic map, not a digital one.  If so, this is one way that might work for you:\n\nFirst, you need a topagraphic map of the area you want to make...i.e. one that shows elevation changes.  Now, you want one that is big enough for your project and a way to copy it and / or enlarge / shrink it if you need to.\n\nSecondly, you will need lots of thick poster board, the kind that has the styrofoam like backing, or in a pinch, thick cardboard from a few boxes would work fine too, but something that will be fairly easy to cut.  You will need at least one sheet that will be the base (i.e. the lowest elevation)\n\nLook at your map and see the highest point and the lowest point and what elevation (i.e. change in height) each topagraphic line on the map represents.  Trace out each elevation onto a separate sheet of posterboard.  Or if you want, make lots of copies of the map and cut out each elevation and glue it to a separate piece of poster board.  REMEMBER:  write down the elevation on the board or else you won't know which layer it will belong later!\n\nNow carefully with an Exacto knife or what ever sharp object you might have, cut out each elevation from the boards, starting with the lowest above the base, then glue it to the base.  Then cut out the next layer and glue it to the appropriate area and so on. When you are done, you should end up with a model that looks just like the original topagraphic map but in 3D.\n\nThough it is not necessary, for greater accuracy and difficulty, you could make the thickness changes be in scale to the map.  For example, if 1/4 inch is the equal to a distance of 500 feet on the map, then each 1/4 inch layer should represent a rise of 500 feet above the base.  Whatever you do, just be consistent, and the map should look great.\n\nI hope that helps! :-)
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Yes it's only a slight difference... In Asia communism is the chief underlying political movement... In the US, socialism is the primary force guiding the leftist - moving government we have had now for over 12 years.
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scale\n\nYou're going from general to specific and the essential feature of a compass are the 360 degrees and the essential feature of a map is it's scale to what it is representing...
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One could use the definition provided by Laswell and combine it with the 'study of'.  Laswell says "Politics is the art of determining who gets what, when and how."  Political scientists study a LOT of things though.  I specialize in public policy and elections; although there are MANY sub-areas.  The APSA is an excellent reference site but you can also look at what we do by reviewing the journals that we submit articles for publication.
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Map repository, or try the library of congress' website.
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It is an arbitrary geopolitical map. It was drawn by government cartographers. There were no permanent settlements, so one could simply draw a line down a map based on lattitude and longitude. This was easy, try Yugoslavia.
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They are both methods of locating points on a map.  They are both global.\n\nThe advantage of a grid reference is that, once everyone knows what map you are on, you can locate a point with reasonable accuracy by using 6 figures.  To use lat/long to achieve that level of accuracy would take many more figures.\n\nIn other word, lat/long is global.  Grid is generally limited to one map sheet.
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The two different globes are Geographical and the other political. The geographic globe shows where countries are. The political globe shows their borders and cities etc.
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MAP: An abstract representation of the physical features of a portion of the Earth's surface graphically displayed on a planar surface. Maps display signs, symbols, and spatial relationships among the features. They typically emphasize, generalize, and omit certain features from the display to meet design objectives (eg, railroad features might be included in a transportation map but omitted from a highway map).\n\nGLOBE: A true-to-scale map of the Earth that duplicates its round shape and correctly represents areas, relative size and shape of physical features, distances, and directions.
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Maps of the world or large areas are often either 'political' or 'physical'. The most important purpose of the political map is to show territorial borders; the purpose of the physical is to show features of geography such as mountains, soil type or land use. Geological maps show not only the physical surface, but characteristics of the underlying rock, fault lines, and subsurface structures.\n\nMaps that depict the surface of the Earth also use a projection, a way of translating the three-dimensional real surface of the geoid to a two-dimensional picture. Perhaps the best-known world-map projection is the Mercator Projection, originally designed as a form of nautical chart.\n\nAirplane pilots use aeronautical charts based on a Lambert conformal conic projection, in which a cone is laid over the section of the earth to be mapped. The cone intersects the sphere (the earth) at one or two parallels which are chosen as standard lines. This allows the pilots to plot a great-circle route approximation on a flat, two-dimensional chart.
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Can't you get an Atlas and work it out?
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I think this question confuses political systems and economic systems.
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it's maps that represents topography (details of the landscape) of a place: horizontal(plane) projection of objects located on it and contour (curves of elevation). details represented can differ,accordingly to the purpose of the map: engineering, cadastre, navigation, tourism, agronomy, landmanagement,defense....
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it's a physical map of michigan that actually shows u the counties :P