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§2: Australia on maps

Maps

Definition

Making of..

Types Map reading

Write down 10 words which you associate with

maps

Assignment

A map is a downsized drawing of an area or a region.

Definition

can be made with photos with a 90° angle, so everything is in proportion.

A good map…

When you make a map of pictures with an obliqe angle, things in front are much bigger than things in the back of the picture.

A false map

A cartographer is someone who makes maps.He has to make choices when he is making a map.1. What do I leave out on the map?2. What do I add on the map?3. How can I make things easier to read

on the map?4. How can I accentuate important things?

Movie: making a map

Cartographer

A map of a small area like acity is called a citymap.

When you are looking at a general map you can see a county or a whole country.

Different types of maps

This map shows different heights, the most important rivers and canals, the most important cities and roads & railways.

Physical map

On this map every country gets it’s own colour.

Political map

This map provide you information on one particular aspect.

Thematic map

To understand a map you have to know how to read it.

1. Title: area (and theme) of the map

2. Legend: show the meaning of different colours and symbols on the map

3. Scale: tells how much the area has been downsized

4. North arrow or compass: tells where the north of the map is.

Map reading