This document outlines the key elements of a map, including: - Subject area, title, legends, scale, orientation/grid, inset maps, source, supplemental text/illustrations, and frames/neat lines. It provides examples and brief descriptions of each element. Legends should have symbols that exactly match those on the map. Inset maps are small additional maps used alongside the main map. Frames and neat lines separate the map from other information. The document encourages following the author for more information on geography.

1. Universidad de Castilla La Mancha
Juan Antonio García González
Geografiando en las nubes ; -)
orcid.org/0000-0001-7049-1085
ELEMENTS OF A MAP

2. Tyner, J. 2010:38
ELEMENTS OF A MAP
Subject area
Title
Legends
Scale
Orientation and or grid
Inset Maps
Source
Supplemental text and illustrations
Frames and neat lines
http://indulgy.com/post/tNM6by9FF1/map-
ceiling#/do/from/70766016195

3. ELEMENTS OF A MAP
SUBJECT AREA
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/31-things-you-can-make-with-a-cardboard-box-that-
will-blow-y?sub=3271049_3000689#.mtkz9QB4z4
http://krygier.owu.edu/krygier_html/geog_222/geog_222_lo/geog_222_lo05.html

4. TITLE AND HEADLINE OF THE MAP
• The headline is the presentation of the map
• The headline is the map itself, the message.
• It embodies what was conceived in the pre-map
• It must be concise and clear
• It shows the idea forcefully and effectively
http://www.orbemapa.com/descargas/mapas-invisibles

5. TITLE
http://www.etpourquoipascoline.fr/2013/06/five-plus/
ELEMENTS OF A MAP
ALBACETE
POBLACIÓN
2015
2015
ALBACETE
POBLACIÓN
POBLACIÓN
ALBACETE
2015
ALBACETE
2015
POBLACIÓN
2015
ALBACETE
POBLACIÓN
ALBACETE
Población
2015

6. Tyner, J. 2010:19
LEGENDS
CONTENT, WORDING, PLACEMENT, STYLE
Any symbol in the
legend must look
exactly like the
symbol on the map
Eg. Miniaturizing
the symbol will
cause reader
confusion
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Barefoot-Island-Mapping-Symbols-178103
ELEMENTS OF A MAP

7. http://theultralinx.com/2014/07/30-wonderful-examples-large-murals/
Scale
ELEMENTS OF A MAP

8. Tyner, J. 2010:19
http://spirits-of-lavender.tumblr.com/post/59611912122
ELEMENTS OF A MAP

9. INSET MAPS
Small maps
used in
conjunction
with the
main map
http://www.tripinfo.com/maps/FL-Keys.htm
ELEMENTS OF A MAP

10. Tyner, J. 2010:19
Source
• Origin of
the
information
• Fiability
http://www.easybib.com/
ELEMENTS OF A MAP

11. Tyner, J. 2010:19
Supplemental text and
illustrations
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jan/26/klencke-atlas-british-library-exhibition
ELEMENTS OF A MAP

12. FRAMES AND NEAT LINES
Neat lines is a line that frame and
separates the map from other
information
http://fabulouslyorganizedhome.com/2013/06/27/the-weekend-organizer-put-together-a-meaningful-gallery-wall/
ELEMENTS OF A MAP

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