Fernandez
Transcript of Fernandez
VISUAL SYMBOLS
MAPS
By: Jenelyn Fernandez
DEFINITION:
A map is a “representation of the surface of the earth or some part of it…”
KINDS OF MAPS
☺PHYSICAL MAP combines in a single projection data like altitude, temperature, rainfall, precipitation, vegetation, and soil.
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☺RELIEF MAP
has three dimensional representations and show contours of the physical data of the earth or part of the earth.
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☺COMMERCIAL OR ECONOMIC MAP
Also called product or industrial map since they show land areas in relation to the economy
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☺POLITICAL MAPGives detailed
information about country, provinces, cities and towns, roads and highways. Oceans, rivers and lakes are the main features of most political maps.
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MAP LANGUAGE
☻SCALE
Shows how much of the actual earth’s surface is represented by a given measurement on a map. May be shown graphically or expressed in words and figures.
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☻ SYMBOLS
Usually a map has a legend that explains what each symbol mean. Some symbols represent highways, railroads, mountains, lakes and plains.
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☻ COLOR
the different colors of the map are a part of the map language.
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☻ GEOGRAPHIC GRID
the entire system of these grid lines are called grid lines. These grid lines are called meridians and parallels.
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GUIDELINES IN USING MAPS: Read the titles and subtitles. They will
often tell you the purpose of the graphic materials and may provide a clue to its main idea.
Read the key, and/or the legend, and the scale of miles whenever any of these is present.
Notice how the parts of the map are related to each other.
Determine the purpose for the map.
ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES: The students can visualize the
approximate (if not the exact) location of a place/thing.
It will be easy for the students to trace the location of a certain place/thing.
It may help the students to analyze the given problem.
It will give techniques and ways on how to solve the problem easily.
DISADVANTAGES:
It will interrupt the mind of the novice students especially those who didn’t know how to make use of it.
The students may be focusing on the map itself.
USES:In teaching For travelling
GOOD DAY!!!