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Answer In all types of home, office, road, dam, and bridge development and construction. In agriculture, geology, Paleontology, meteorology, and real estate. By governments to assess site suitability, resources, and planning. A topographic map is used to determine the elevations of a given terrain.

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It is used to show much greater details about small areas.:)

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How do the department of water affairs use topographical maps?

To see what the drainage patterns are.


How do you convert Lambert-grid coordinates to UTM-grid coordinates in Galicia NW Spain when using geological maps and topographical maps scale 1 to 50000?

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What are different uses of maps?

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Why can't you use political maps to study landforms?

Political maps list primarily cities and countries. If they include landforms at all, they are always represented in two dimensions. Topographical maps represent landforms with varying colors to show elevation, making it much easier to see and understand what the landform is and how it looks.


A map with contour lines that show elevation of the earth's surface?

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Does the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx also have topographical maps?

Topographical mapping software is part of the bundle.


What are the difference types of maps and what are they used for?

political ,topographical


What has the author E Mac Swinford written?

E. Mac Swinford has written: 'Bedrock topography of Ohio' -- subject(s): Geology, Maps, Topographical, Topographical Maps


What kind of map that uses shading and elevation lines?

That would be a topographical map. It uses contour lines (usually 100 or 50 ft. incraments) to show elevation above or below sea level. They're usually black & white and can be found wherever you can find maps.


How do geologist use topographical maps?

geologists use . topographic maps to see surface features


What kind of maps show natural features?

a topographical map


What are maps that show landforms and water?

A topographical map is a map that lets a person see the landforms and bodies of water of a region. Topographical maps show the ridges of mountains and the depth of lakes and rivers.


Which kind of maps shows which areas are higher than others?

topographical


What kind of map shows rivers and mountains?

Topographie


How do the department of water affairs use topographical maps?

To see what the drainage patterns are.


Are topographical maps classified as models?

Yes because a model is a visual representation of a real object.