Map as analogy

Scale; compressed things and put them on pieces of paper for

Map as interpretation
More than just an analogy or reflection; goes beyond those definition which
makes it difficult as to interpret it
Types of maps
Maps can be part of several different types
General Reference and General purpose maps
World maps
World series set
Topographical map ie. national topographical databases
o Western vs eastern sheet
1:20000 scale; Ontario maps scaled to 1:10000
o Ontario Based Maps (OBM)
o Municipalities built at 1:10000
o Toronto is last municipality built at 1:10000 scale
o 1:2000 can add parcel boundaries (ownership information)
Foreign topographic maps
1:25000 for Canada, 1:50000 sometimes
Tourist maps
Still hugely popular
Short-lived ie. Cyling maps, bixie maps, esso from muskoka lakes
Joyful and playful icons
Lot of text on the back ie. Advertisements
Thematic maps - qualitative
No numbers but outlining what is there, not HOW MUCH is there
Physical elements shown
Eg. Where the first frost was, where the (forest) cover is
No color to find land use
Thematic maps quantitative
Numbers in locations
Relative production of pulp and paper how much they were used
Special purpose maps Cadastral amps
Cadastral maps: can have buildings but dependent on scale
Index of small maps but have to be cut into thousands of little maps to show
details; most sought after map
Special purpose maps - Fire insurance plans/atlases
Building information, building material information, topographical information
Property data maps

Property data maps

Special purpose maps navigation maps

Job operation maps used for flight but less usefulness now but still for
historical purposes
Magnetic maps
Special purpose maps thematic maps
Indian treaties
Simple province alineation
Catch basins, fire hydrants
Topological Maps
Not necessarily to scale but describes what is next to what
Cartograms
Isodemographic map of Canada; population size
o Relational size between each city
Photomaps
Air photos
Outline maps
General reference atlases
Specific location by city but dont know which country it is in? Go to index
Index gives longitude and latitude and plate

National Atlases
Mostly published by the government
Most countries publish national atlases for pride
Quantitative/qualitative maps, topographic maps, etc.
Urban thematic atlases
Popular before we had a census
Federal government used to publish these maps
Historical atlases
Most published atlases an easy to publish
Subway maps
Map elements
Map margin
Border
Neatline (where the map ends)
Map title
Legend

Inset maps
Scale important to the use of maps
o Verbal scale, fractions,
o Small scale less detail

Maps have progressed and now we have come to the day maps are at an endpoint
and forget about the accuracies
The evolution of maps
Continuous evolutionary process of maps
Always comparing which maps is the newest/oldest
Ptolemy
First projection of ??
Mathematics behind the maps still exists
Loss of information is seen as the beginning of the dark ages of cartography
Islamic cartography in the middle ages not given enough recognition
Mercator becomes important to history o cartography due to the increase in
relationship between NA and Europe?