PLSS map

The U. S. Public Land Survey (PLSS) System is a systematic land partitioning system which covers most of the United States. Areas of the U. S. which fall outside of the PLSS system are considered to be unsystematic. This image was taken from the Federal Geographic Data Committee's website. It shows the progress of the committee's standardization of the PLSS in the United States as of September 2008.

Cadastral maps

Cadasteral maps are used to facilitate land owenership. In this example, we see a map survey of Wien the capital Republic of Austria taken from a collection created under rule Emperor Franz I, 1817-1861.

Topographic map

Topographic maps are a type of Contour map that uses contour lines to portray relief. Additionally, they capture a 3 dimensional aspect of terrain on a 2 dimensional surface. In this map we see the elevation of mountain Mt Passaconway and Mt. Tripyramid. Showing the elevation and a 3 dimensional view; its clear to see Mt. Passaconway is higher.

Thematic maps

Thematic maps show information on a topic superimposed over a base map. This map of the US shows states with various levels of shading ranging from green to blue. This demonstrates the range of pounds released or RSEI released risk related scores.

Planimetric map

This map is a Planimetric map of Agawa Canyon in Ontario Canada. This comes from a post where the writer is describing the scenic views of their trip on a train ride. Planimetric maps are a type of surface map with no relief.