strip map

American  

noun

1. a map charting only the immediate territory to be traversed, which appears as a long, narrow strip.

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Etymology

Origin of strip map

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

This is a portion—a few inches—taken from the famous Peutinger Table, a long strip map on parchment, of the fourth century, derived from Augustan maps according to the measurements of Cæsar Augustus Agrippa.

From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)

Maps The author used a long strip map, cut into four sections, with the end of the journey, being North, under the header.

From The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention by Bruce, Wallace