REPRESENTATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES:

GLOBES AND MAPS

What is a Globe?

What is a Map?

What is a Sketch?

A sketch is different from a map. It is a rough drawing of an area, based on memory and

spot observation and not to scale.

e.g., we may explain someone that how he will reach at his place by drawing a rough diagram

of the locality and its roads.

Directions and distances are shown in a sketch but it does not use a scale.

What is Plan?

A plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with

details of timing and resources, used to achieve an

objective to do something. It is commonly understood

as a temporal set of intended actions through which

one expects to achieve a goal.

Comparison among Map, Plan and Sketch (learn)

MAP PLAN SKETCH

1. A map is drawn to show

a large area.

1. Plans show a small

building or a small area.

1. Sketches also show a

small building or a small

area.

2. Maps are drawn to a

scale.

2. Plans may have a scale. 2. Sketches are never drawn

to a scale.

3. Maps cannot depict each

and every detail.

3. Plans show more details

about an area.

3. Sketches may or may not

show the details of an area.

4. It takes a long time to

prepare a map.

4. Plans do not take much

time to prepare.

4. Sketches can be drawn

very easily and quickly.

5. Maps show distance,

location, direction and

distribution of features and

themes

5. Plans show limited

features of a small area.

5. Sketches show relevant

details.

ELEMENTS OF A MAP

SCALE

NORTH LINE

GRID

LEGEND

• After going through the slides and reading Pg no.s 1 to 4 answer the following

questions:1. How is Globe useful?

2. Explain any two importance of maps.

3. What are the different elements of a map?

• Define the following:1. Latitudes and Longitudes

2. Plan

3. Sketch

Note: ✓ The above given tasks must be done in the Geography notebook and it will be

checked when the school reopens.

✓ The given tasks must be completed on the same date (22/04/2020).

Rimi Ghosh

Shreya Saha

22/04/2020