Many times we find ourselves in the situation of not knowing where a school, a representative building or a cafeteria is, and that is why this post is for us to know a little about the importance of maps today and where they come from or who makes them.
A map is the flat, reduced and simplified representation of the earth's surface or a part of it. In short, it is a representation of what we observe in reality. But, there are many types of maps that can help us solve different problems of daily life and among the most used are:
Map Types
• Political maps.
• Geographical maps.
• Topographic maps.
• Hydrographic maps.
• Geological maps.
• Geochemical maps.
• Bathymetric maps.
• Soil maps.
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But how are maps made?
At present, the maps that we use daily are made by a group of specialists who, under certain rules and regulations, give the final result of a useful and practical cartographic product adapted to the needs of the client.
Now the maps are no longer made by hand as before because there are geographic information systems that are a group of programs that allow processing a series of data that contain the general information of a map and then after an editing and review process it comes out to light the desired cartographic publication.
Among the most used geographic information systems for the production of maps are: Arcgis, AutoCAD map, Mapinfo and QGis, the latter even with an android version which has revolutionized the collection of data in the field for the creation of engineering projects. civil and topography.
Science evolves and with it cartography the use of drones for complex jobs is another field that remains to be exploited but that would be another topic for another post.
Without further ado, I hope you liked it and investigate a little more about the maps and their usefulness
But how are maps made?
At present, the maps that we use daily are made by a group of specialists who, under certain rules and regulations, give the final result of a useful and practical cartographic product adapted to the needs of the client.
Now the maps are no longer made by hand as before because there are geographic information systems that are a group of programs that allow processing a series of data that contain the general information of a map and then after an editing and review process it comes out to light the desired cartographic publication.
Among the most used geographic information systems for the production of maps are: Arcgis, AutoCAD map, Mapinfo and QGis, the latter even with an android version which has revolutionized the collection of data in the field for the creation of engineering projects. civil and topography.
Science evolves and with it cartography the use of drones for complex jobs is another field that remains to be exploited but that would be another topic for another post.
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