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Plan and a Map | Basic difference between Plan and Map

August 15, 2010 by admin 7 Comments

The main Object of the survey is to develop a plan and a map.
The results of surveys when drawn on a paper forms a plan or a map.

On a plan or a map only horizontal distances are shown.
The plan or map is made according to some scale chosen.

If the scale is small ,the representation is called map, while it is called plan
if the scale is large.

We can understand this by considering that the map of a country is made to a very small scale.
So that information represented should not exceed to the paper.

While the plan of the building is made large and large scale is chosen for that.
Therefore the basic difference between plan and a map is that of scale.

Only horizontal distances are shown on a plan or a map.
Vertical distances are correctly shown by means of vertical sections called sections.

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  1. Aman Hussen says

    November 3, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    about the d/ce b/n plan & map
    in case of purpose, plan tends to be used things that will be worked in the futuere but not in map. map depicts only exited featuers when the map was generated

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  2. admin says

    August 13, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Yes Aman .. You are right.. Thanks..

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  3. arun says

    December 16, 2012 at 6:51 am

    On a plan genarally only horizantal distances are shown but on a topographic map vertical distances are also represented by countour lines

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  4. Idris says

    December 11, 2013 at 2:34 am

    Needs full details for student on more knowlegde on this topic

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  5. john says

    December 20, 2016 at 10:09 pm

    Five difference between plan and map

    Reply
  6. Dirk says

    January 17, 2017 at 1:20 am

    a Map is generally orientated geographically and in some form of Map projection. a Plan is usually not orientated geographically correct and does not have or conform to a map projection but displayed or presented at right angles or square in front of the reader

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  7. Noman Ansari says

    June 24, 2017 at 5:28 pm

    Thank u everyone I got more knowledge from here

    Reply

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