Question

What is the importance of thematic maps?

Answer 1

Instructions: List 5 points.

Answer:
Thematic maps

• Thematic maps only show the selected features. For example, weather maps or maps showing only crops, population, and vegetation.

Uses

• Thematic maps are useful in studying the relationship between two or more variables in a region.
• By emphasizing on a specific theme or subject area, thematic maps portray social, physical, political, cultural, economic and sociological aspects of a city, state, region, nation or a continent.
• They are useful in studying the relationship between two or more vari­ables.
• Thematic maps can be both qualitative and quantitative.