What is a Map
A map is a representation of a selection of real features on the Earth. It is designed to
record the relationships between features and to allow the relationship between them to
be analysed.
A map may be very simple (eg a sketch showing the location of plants in your garden) or
very complex (eg a topographic map of the Australian Alps).
Some key characteristics of maps are:
- maps portray, as accurately as possible, the spatial relationships between features – ie where a
feature is located relative to other features