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Old 20th May 2003 | 00:24
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magneticflip1
 
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From: Essex!
A map is a representation of the earth's surface and its features. However a chart is also a map but it also depicts certain information also, i.e airspace or sea lanes etc! Hence what pilots use are called charts not maps!
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