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A sketch is a rough drawing of a place or a small area. It is not drawn
by a scale. A plan is a detailed drawing of a small area. It may be of a

house, a building, a market or a residential area. It is drawn on a paper.
In most colonies, the plan of the colony is displayed at the entrance.

* What landmark of your home do you tell to your friend?
* In which direction are you standing right now?

Map

Ladakh
A map is a drawing of a large area Srinagar
with proper measurements. It has a Chandigarh Dehradun
Shimla
scale. A scale helps to represent the Gangtok ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Jaipur Itanagar NAGALAND
Lucknow ASSAM
distance, but at small levels. For DIspur Kohima
MEGHALAYA
Shillong
Patna
Imphal
MANIPUR
TRIPURA
example, a distance of 300 km may Gandhinagar Bhopal Ranchi Agartala MIZORAM
Aizawl
Kolkata
be represented by 3 cm on a map. Raipur
Odisha
BHUBANESHWAR
Mumbai
WEST
Panaji
A book of maps is Bengaluru Chennai
Mahe PUNDUCHERRY
called an Atlas. Karaikal
THRIVANANTHAPURAM
Kanniyakumari

Symbols Used in a Map.

Railway Track Temple School Mountain

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