Conventional signs

The assorted appearance apparent on a map are represented by accepted signs or symbols. For example, colors can be acclimated to announce a allocation of roads. Those signs are usually explained in the allowance of the map, or on a alone appear appropriate sheet.1



Some cartographers adopt to accomplish the map awning about the absolute awning or area of paper, abrogation no allowance "outside" the map for advice about the map as a whole. These cartographers about abode such advice in an contrarily "blank" arena "inside" the map -- cartouche, map legend, title, ambit rose, bar scale, etc. In particular, some maps accommodate abate "sub-maps" in contrarily bare regions—often one at a abundant abate calibration assuming the accomplished apple and area the accomplished map fits on that globe, and a few assuming "regions of interest" at a beyond calibration in adjustment to appearance capacity that wouldn't contrarily fit. Occasionally sub-maps use the aforementioned calibration as the ample map—a few maps of the abutting United States accommodate a sub-map to the aforementioned calibration for anniversary of the two non-contiguous states.