Maps may be broadly divided into two types.
A. On the basis of Scale Maps are classified into three types.
(a) Large Scale Maps: The Maps drawn on the scale of 1 cm= 1 km or 1:1, 00,000 and 1 inch=1 mile or 1:63,360 eg. Cadastral maps (Village, Town and City maps).
(b) Medium Scale Maps: the Maps drawn on the scale of 1 cnm=1 Km to 1 cm=10 km or 1:1,00,000 and 1:10,00,000 eg. Topographical Maps (Mountains, Plateaus, plains).
(c) Small Scale maps: The Maps drawn on the scale below 1 cm: 15Km or 1:15,00,000 eg. Atlas and Wall Maps. These maps show broad physical and cultural features.
B. On the basis of purpose various types of Maps are prepared.
(i) Topographical maps: To show relief features, forests, land use, river system, roads, railways, pipelines, distribution of rural and urban settlements etc.
(ii) Cadastral maps: The Cadastral maps are drawn to register the ownership of field, farm, building, firm etc.
(iii) Economic Maps: These maps provide information about human economic activities eg. Agriculture, mining, industry, marketing, trade etc.
(iv) Population Maps: These maps show the information about distribution, growth, density, migration, age and *** composition of population. These maps are also drawn to show the distribution of occupational structure, language, social groups of people etc.
(v) Weather Maps: These are useful to analyzed weather condition and distribution of temperature, pressure, humidity, winds, rainfall etc.
