Ordinary map is a map showing the main natural and socio-economic phenomena on the ground in the same degree of detail, which can comprehensively reflect the geographical characteristics of the mapping area, including water system, topography, soil, vegetation, residential areas, traffic networks, boundary lines and major socio-economic factors. The difference between it and topographic map is that it has some flexibility in map projection, framing, scale and representation method, and its representation content is more general than topographic map of the same scale, and its geometric accuracy is lower than topographic map.

The topographic map refers to several basic national scales (1:5000, 1: 1 000, 1:25000, 1:50000,1:/kloc- It is measured (or compiled) according to a unified standard and symbol system, and represents all kinds of geographical things in a comprehensive and detailed way. The geometric accuracy is high, which can meet the needs of various maps. It is the basic data for national construction and the original data for compiling other maps.

Thematic maps focus on the geographical distribution of one or more natural or socio-economic phenomena, or emphasize some characteristics of these phenomena. Thematic maps have a variety of themes and serve a variety of customers. It can be further divided into natural maps and socio-economic maps.