Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Planimetric Map




In contrast to earlier a maps of St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, this is a map of its sister city, St. Petersburg, Russia.
It is single flat plane ,using points and lines.

Planimetric map


http://www.discoverintown.com/default.aspx?redirect=/contentManaged/allmapviews/printableMaps/printableMaps.aspx%3Fnp%3D5%26nc%3D136

This map describes different areas of downtown Tampa. It gives a good layout of how to reach certain areas, what each area is named, and where the streetcar runs to and from. It is a planimetric map because it is a flat map, noting only the horizontal position of landmarks.