Topographic map is one type of mapping representation that is most commonly in use. The map produced by each country has its own unique features and different period of time has its own style of presentation. The paper is based on the interpretation of 1/50,000 topographic maps to discuss the layout on the evolution of a series of large scale maps for Taiwan, and the development of related basic map making techniques, i.e. Basic Control Points Surveying and Mapping Symbols. Hopefully, the discussion from this paper would provide a general concept about the map information clue of the historical track on the earth surface after Taiwan has been recovered (after 45 A.D.).