Hypsometric Maps

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Hypsometeric Map

Hypsometric maps are a type of topographic map that uses colors instead of contour lines.  These different colors are known as hypsometric tints, and they are usually used in a scheme of graduated colors.  As seen in the map above, the scales colors represent the elevation of the earths surface.

PLSS Maps

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Public Land Survey System Maps 

Public land survey system maps are maps of the United States and its land ownership.  PLSS is sometimes called rectangular survey system. This type of map is most commonly used to depict undeveloped rural land.

Cadastral Maps

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Cadastral Maps 

Cadastral Maps are mainly used to portray real estate and who owns the property.  The maps are made by using metes and bounds.  The  maps were first created to document land ownership for taxation.  The maps are still widely used today.

Thematic Map

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Thematic Map 

Thematic maps map information based on a theme. These themes can range from environmental to social themes.  The map above's theme is recycling in the united states and shows how different regions compare to one another based on its theme.

Topographic Map

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Topographic Map 

Topographic maps show the elevation of the earths surface through the use of lines.  The distance between the lines represents the steepness of slopes and depressions.  The closer the lines are to one another the steeper the slope is.  These maps are usually highly detailed and in large scale, which creates large maps that cover numerous sheets of paper.

Planimetric Map

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Planimetric Map

Planimetric maps are two dimensional maps of three dimensional areas.  Although these maps are converted from three to two dimension they still retain distance.  These maps can display roads, buildings, as well as natural resources like forests.  

Mental Map

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Mental/ Mind Map

Mental or mind maps do not have a certain structure to adhere to.  These maps can (as shown above), stem off of a certain idea and continue to do so to display information in a flowing display of relevant information.  An interesting aspect of mental maps is that they are created by the mappers perception of what is being mapped.  Due to this no two peoples map on a certain subject would be the same.