MAPS AND MAP READING

1. PREPARE BY: MS. CATRINA A. EBOL

2. IS VERY USEFUL
IS AN OUTLINE, A PLAN, OR A DIAGRAM THAT CAN
GUIDE YOU IN GEOGRAPHIC PLACE
IT IS A FLAT REPRESENTATION OF THE SURFACE OF
THE EARTH.
IT ENABLE UD TO DEPICT SPATIAL FACT ON PAPER
A GOOD MAP WILL HAVE A LEGEND OR KEY

3.  A SQUARE WITH A RED CROSS ON TOP MEANS IT IS A
HOSPITAL
 FLAG ON TOP USUALLY REPRESENT A SCHOOL.
 ROAD ARE REPRESENTED BY LINES
DASHED LINE REPRESENTS A BORDER

4.  TOURIST MAP
 ROAD MAP.
 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
SECTIONAL
WORLD MAP

5.  ARE MEANT FOR DRIVER WHO
NEED HELP IN LOCATING HIGHWAYS
AND SIDE ROAD.
 SERVE SIGHTSEEING-TOURIST.
IT IS FILLED WITH LANDMARKS

6.  MEANT FOR PILOT TO DETERMINE
AIR ROUTES
 MEANT FOR HIKERS TO LEAD
THEM TO THE RIGHT PATH

7.  IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE
SURFACE OF THE WORLD THAT HELPS
PEOPLE FIND AND UNDERSTAND
PLACES AND THE FEATURE OF SOME
DESTINATINATION
PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL

9.  LOCATING THE BODIES OF
WATER IS EASY. FOR COLORED
AND COLOR IS
FOR LAND AREA

10.  All Well-made Maps Habe A
Directional Indicator Known As
Compass Rose .
It helps map reader identify
locations as it is an outline printed
on map or chart that show direction
of the compas

11.  Also referred to as LEGEND
Tells you what certain symbols
mean on the map
Maps use symbols or colors to
represent things and the legend
explains it.
Illustrate a box located in a corner
of the map

13.  These have significance as they
give directions from one place to
another, with alternate route . The
directional lines of the location may
show order or trip too.

15.  Geography- study of
physical structure and
inhabitants of the Earth