Paragraph on “How Maps are Created” complete paragraph for Class 9, Class 10, Class 11 and Class 12

How Maps are Created

Some maps show national or state boundaries and the locations of various cities, while others show the physical characteristics of the terrain in an area. Mapping was initially done on the ground by surveyors using various equipments which included tape measures, theodolites, plane tables, chains, striped poles etc. However today aircraft take photographs of pieces of land. using powerful cameras, once developed, these pictures are placed together to form a map of a specific area Projecting the map Of the earth as a whole has always been a problem for map makers, because it is difficult to project a globe on a flat surface without distorting the shapes of the continents.