♦ Details: such as the total population, number of
houses, highest and lowest elevation are also shown
if any. This appears on the top right hand corner of
the sketch map sheet.
♦ Natural and cultural (man made ) features:
Including all water sources (rivers, wells, springs,
swamps, lakes and reservoirs) with their name and
appropriate direction of flow; markets, schools, police
stations, post offices, telephone offices, hospitals,
health stations, roads, bridges, mountains, etc. should
be shown.
♦ Boundaries: The locality boundaries should be
indicated in their correct relative position with the
neighboring areas (kebeles, ketena, etc.) N.B – A
locality is a small geographical unit with defined
boundaries.
♦ Scale: The scale used to convert actual ground
measurement in to paper size.
♦ Name of the drawer and the person checking the
sketch map: The name of a person (s) who drew the
sketch map and the person checking it should be
indicated.
♦ Boarder line: are lines drawn all around the sheet
leaving a margin of 10mm. A margin of 25 or 30 mm
is left on the left hand side so as to facilitate filing.
Title block is drawn on the right hand side or right
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