Pictorial map

Panoramic drawing of the Yellowstone National Park by Heinrich Berann

City map of Rome, of 1688

A pictorial map is a map that shows a region with more artstic freedom. Very often they use a bird's eye view that also show some landmarks. While a map uses a given scale, pictorial maps generaööy do not do this.Pictorial maps are not a new invention, they have been around a long time.