PLANIMETRIC MAP

PLANIMETRIC MAP
This planimetric map was created in an ongoing discussion of New York City's many map forms within cartographers over the many map base dilemma. We can tell that it is indeed a planimetric map because it is a surface map with no relief features, and it looks very similar to that of a street map. This company, HydroQual, has been trying to depict various aspects of the city and they go through a discussion of the many base maps NYC has to offer, as well as this new planimetric base map.

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