A plan view. Not an oblique view
maps
Maps may be drawn to scale or not to show more or less detail as needed. Satellite images on the other hand are actual photographs of what the ground and landscape are at a particular time. Both have many uses and tools like Google Maps allow you to switch from a map/street view to a satellite view with a click of the mouse.
Isohytes are lines drawn on maps joining places of equal rainfall.
No, just on the maps.
geographic grids
From reports in 2006, the Google Earth and Google Maps data servers have 70.5 TB for both its map imagery and index data, and Personalized Search uses 4 TB. The data breakdown has not been published by Google.
blue prints and maps :P
1:25,000 OR 1:50000
a location drawn to scale
They are imaginary lines drawn on maps that help in navigation and in fixing the position of a ship or aeroplane.
A map drawn actual size wouldn't be too convenient. Plus ... can you imagine trying to fold it ! ?
Flat maps were drawn that way, because no one knew that the earth was round, until after Christopher Colombus.