Friday, April 23, 2010

Topographic Map

This topographic map uses a scale of 1 to 4,800. The contour lines are circular in form, denoting a round mass. The close proximity of the lines show that the mountain is very steep and the open lines on the top of the mass shows that it is flat like a plateau. The trend of interest in this map is a large mountain named Devil's Tower.

Planimetric Map





The city of Graham, Texas is portrayed in this planimetric map. The map explains the horizontal relationship of features such as waterways, highways, parks, and schools. The trend of interest in the map is major access ways into the city and surface roads inside city limits.

Mental Map

















This map shows a sketch of a city block in which the blogger shows his house and a nearby shop.The map explains the relationship in direction to a nearby shop from the designer's house. The trend in this map is simple in construction only showing the outline of buildings, color difference
for environmental changes, and ultimately the route that the designer took as he walked about the streets.