Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Map Features
- Direction
- All maps should have a north arrow on them
- This enables you to work out the relative position of one place 2 another
- Legend/Key
- A legend is a part of the map where all the symbols are shown
- Together with a description of what each symbol represents.
- Grid Refrencing
- Grid Refrencing allows us to pin-point a particular location
- Letter&Number (eg: 5D)
- Scale
- All maps are smaller than the part of the earths surface may represent
- The scale tells you how much smaller the map is
- If you know the scale,you can calculate the difference between locations on the map
- Co-ordinates
- Longitude
- Runs from North
- 0* Greenwich Meriddean
- Western Hemisphere
- Eastern Hemisphere
- Latitude
- Runs from West to east
- Northern Hemishphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- 23 1/2* south-Tropic of capricorn
- 23 1/2* north-tropic of cancer