1. MAPS

2. Overview
• What is a Map?
• Kinds of Map
A.Physical Map
B.Relief Map
C.Commercial or Economic Map
D.Political Map
• Map Language
• Understanding Maps

3. What is a Map?
A map is a type of visual
symbols. It is a
representation of the
surface of the earth or
some part of it.

4. Kinds of Map
• Physical Map
-combines in a single projection
data like altitude, temperature,
rainfall, precipitation,
vegetation, and soil.

5. • Relief Map
- has three dimensional
representations and show
contours the physical data of the
earth or part of the earth.

7. • Commercial or Economic Map
-also called product or industrial
map since they show land areas
in relation to the economy.

9. • Political Map
-gives detailed information
about country, provinces, cities
and towns, roads and highways.
Oceans, rivers and lakes are the
main features of most political
maps.

11. Map language
• Scale
- shows how much is the actual
earth’s surface is represented by a
given measurement of a map.

12. • Symbols
- usually a map has a legend
that explains what each symbol
means.

13. • Color
- the different colors of the
map are part of the map
language. What colors represent
the bodies of water, contours of
the earth and cultural features?

14. • Geographic Grids
- the grid lines are called
meridian and parallel.

15. Understanding Maps
Read the titles and the subtitles
Read the key, and/or the legend
Read the information shown along
the side and the bottom of the
graphs and charts and tables, if
any.
Determine your purpose of reading
the map

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