Map is a drawing showing the geographical features, facilities, roads, places, water bodies etc.. (natural & built) preferably covering large areas of land & waters.
Plan is a drawing showing the proposed construction / development indicating the dimensions / measurements for further implementation.
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| Plan | Map |
| A plan is the graphical representation, to some scale, of features on, rear or below the surface of the earth as projected on horizontal plane. | If the scale of the graphical representation on a horizontal plane is small, the plan is called a map. |
| A plan is drawn on a large scale. | A map is drawn on a small scale. |
| Scale: 1 cm = 10 m or < 10 m | Scale: 1 cm = 100 m or > 100 m |
| On a pan, generally horizontal dist’s & directions are shown. | On a topographic map, vertical dist’s (elevations) are also shown by contour lines. |
A plan is drawn for small area.
e.g. – Plan of house, plan of bridge | A map is drawn for large area.
e.g. – Map of Area |
Difference between map and plan:
- The plan has a small scale where a map has a larger scale which covers larger areas.
- A plant is a true scale representation of any building but the map is drone search that extra features in it which we cannot be drawn to scale
- In the case of a map, many features are represented in the form of symbols.
- When I consider an example of 1:1 million maps then the rivers and roads may be shown on that map but we cannot be drawn to a scale.
- Practically 5 metre Road would be 0.005 mm widest whenever we drew it according to a scale.
The difference between MAP & PLAN are as follows ;
MAP : Generally, MAP is said to be a visual representation of an area. It can also be said as a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes. Map contains a lot of information. It shows only the important features of the area.
PLAN : PLAN are a set of two-dimensional diagrams or drawings used to describe a place or an object, or to communicate building or fabrication instructions. In plan details are given in form of symbols. Thus, it can show both length and breadth.
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In simple words, the map is a topographical representation of various elements, location, places, regions etc. all the information present on maps can be seen on site. The map is a study of the whole location. It is given information about important points.
The plan is a dimensional representation place, region, structure, building with various detail information. It also includes hidden data and diagrams. It gives detailed information about small areas in symbolic forms.