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Map Skills

Published on Jan 16, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MAP SKILLS

BY MEGAN
Photo by mag3737

KEY/LEGEND

  • A box that tells you what the information and symbols on a map means
  • Often times there are colors, or other symbols , like stars, circles, or lines

SCALE

A DEVICE USED TO FIND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS ON A MAP
Photo by zen

COMPASS ROSE

  • Used to find orientation on a map
  • Compass rose shows you the cardinal directions
  • Intermediate directions are in between cardinal directions
Photo by Guerito

LATITUDE & LONGITUDE

  • Latitude
  • Parallels measures south and north from equatur, run east and west
  • Longitude
  • Meridians, measure east and west, run north and south from prime meridian
Photo by Double--M

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • My notes