Friday, July 1, 2011

Planimetric map from the 1901 British Ordnance



Planimetric maps are two-dimensional maps or surface maps that contain no relief features much like a street map. These type of maps are only concerned with the horizontal positions of features and are not concerned with elevation. This style of map is also known as a line map. The above map shows the area encompased by an early "gas works". It also shows its position in relation to other geographic phenomena, roads, and buildings. This is basically an early form of a type of survey map.

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