Blueprint vs. Map — What's the Difference?

A blueprint is a reproduction of a technical drawing or engineering drawing using a contact print process on light-sensitive sheets. Introduced by Sir John Herschel in 1842, the process allowed rapid and accurate production of an unlimited number of copies.

A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive.

A contact print of a drawing or other image rendered as white lines on a blue background, especially such a print of an architectural plan or technical drawing. Also called cyanotype.

A representation, usually on a plane surface, of a region of the earth, intended primarily to provide information about the relative location or nature of features within that region.

A mechanical drawing produced by any of various similar photographic processes, such as one that creates blue or black lines on a white background.

A similar representation of a region of the sky or of a celestial object

A detailed plan of action.

Something that suggests such a representation, as in clarity of representation

A model or prototype.

(Mathematics) The correspondence of elements in one set to elements in the same set or another set.

To make a blueprint of.

(Slang) The human face.

To lay a plan for.

(Genetics) A genetic map.

A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.

To make a map of.

A print produced with this process.

To depict as if on a map

A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).

To explore or make a survey of (a region) for the purpose of making a map.

Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.

To plan or delineate, especially in detail; arrange

To make a blueprint for.

(Genetics) To locate (a gene or DNA sequence) in a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known genes or DNA sequences.

To make a detailed operational plan for.

(Mathematics) To establish a mapping of (an element or a set).

See under Print.

A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.

Something intended as a guide for making something else;

A graphical or logical representation of any structure or system, showing the positions of or relationships between its components.

Photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.

(mathematics) A function. Category:en:Functions

Make a blueprint of

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.

The face.

An imaginary or fictional area, often predefined and confined, where a game or a session thereof takes place.

(computing) associative array.

(transitive) To represent by means of a map.

(transitive) To create a map of; to examine or survey in order to gather information for a map.

To have a direct relationship; to correspond.

To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.

To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.

To assign a drive letter to a shared folder.

A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; - usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it.

Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.

To represent by a map; - often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.

A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)

A function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set

Make a map of; show or establish the features of details of;

Explore or survey for the purpose of making a map;

Locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences;

Plan, delineate, or arrange in detail;

Depict as if on a map;

To establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)