Were gonna learn some

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Were gonna learn some

• Map Skills

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Types of Maps

• Maps do not always provide information about
  where you are in the world
• Maps can contain information about agricultural
  areas, population density, election results,
  weather patterns, etc

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Agricultural Map
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Population Density Map
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Road Map
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Political Map
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Physical Map
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Topographic Map
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Relative Location

• Relative location is location according to the
  maps compass rose.
• The compass rose helps to orient the map-reader
  as to direction. (Not all maps are designed with
  North at the top.)

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Directions

• Cardinal directions are North, South, East, and
  West.
• Intermediate directions are Northeast, Northwest,
  Southeast, and Southwest.

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• The legend is a guide for helping to read a map
  colors or symbols used in the map are usually
  explained here.

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• If the map is drawn to scale, the scale is
  usually included near the legend.
• For example, on a map whos scale is 1 inch 20
  miles, measuring a distance of say 3 inches
  between two cities on the paper map would mean
  that the actual distance is 60 miles (1 inch/20
  miles 3 inches/ ? miles)
• Sometimes a scale bar is drawn for you and
  divided into parts to help you measure distances
  on a map.

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Sometimes it is easier to look at a globe to more
accurately see the locations of various places.
It is impractical to carry around curved maps
(globes) so map makers have found a way to draw
the round earth on a flat surface. This is
called a projection.
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Absolute Location

• Absolute location is location according to
  lines of latitude and longitude that have already
  been established by mapmakers.

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Latitude Lines

• Latitude lines run horizontal.
• The equator is one of these latitude lines
• The equator divides the earth into the Northern
  and Southern hemispheres.

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Longitude Lines

• Longitude lines run vertically.
• The Prime Meridian is one of the longitudinal
  lines
• The Prime Meridian divides the earth into the
  Eastern and Western hemispheres.

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• Any place on the globe can be accurately
  pinpointed by these latitude and longitude
  readings (absolute location).
• Maps that are projected (curved surfaces drawn on
  flat paper) have the grid system formed by lines
  of latitude and longitude labeled so we can tell
  exactly where we are on the globe.

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Now, youre a star at reading maps! LITERACY