Question

Explain the uses of Maps.

Answer 1

• Maps are very useful to the government for planning and administrative purposes.
• Maps are essential to a geographer, to present spatial information systematically.
• They are useful to locate lakes, rivers, vegetation, coastal features and also to understand the distribution of soils, minerals, crops, population, tourist places.
• They are very much helpful at the time of war and defence.
• Maps are very important for the army. Military maps are very useful for the overall planning of the strategy of war and for coordinating military action during war.
• Maps are very useful tools for a geographer. Geography cannot be understood and made interesting without maps.
• Maps are also immensely useful to other sciences, like physical and social sciences. For example Geology, climatology, Meteorology etc.
• Maps serve as a permanent record to locate features like rivers, lakes vegetation etc.
• Maps enable us to know details of the landforms and other ground features. Mountains, plateaus, plains, coastal plains etc.
• Maps serve as a permanent record to locate features like rivers, lakes, vegetations etc.
• Maps showing the distribution of objects become very useful to understand the location and distribution of different objects such as minerals, soils, vegetation, agricultural crops, industries, population, etc.
• Maps help to mark political boundary, administrative areas to formulate legislation and legal jurisdiction.