Map skills Flashcards
What does BOLTS stand for
BOLTS are the technique used on a map, it stands for border, orientation, legend, title, scale
What is the border on a map
borders identify exactly where the mapped area stops
What is the orientation on the map
Which way is the map facing, where is north
What is the legend on a map
The legend is where the symbols on the map are explained and it explains what they represent
What is the title
The title of the map is the label at the top that has the name of the map and location
What is the scale
The scale is the ratio of the distance on the map corresponding to the distance on the actual land
What is a political map
Political maps show countries, states, territories and cities with different colours
What is a physical map
A physical map show physical natural features on a map (rivers, mountains, lake etc)
What is a street map
show parts of a city or town (buildings, schools etc)
What is a thematic map
A thematic map has a particular theme e.g. annual rainfall, ethnic groups or the oil resources
What is a choropleth map
A choropleth map uses shades or colours to show a particular feature
What is a Topography map
A topography map shows the natural features and the height and location (has lots of contour lines)
What is a weather map
A weather map displays weather conditions over particular areas of the earth
What is a land use map
A land use map shows the human activity
What is a cartogram map
A cartogram map is a map where regions are geometrically distorted in order to convey the information of an alternation variable
What is a flowline map
A flowline map is a map designed to show movement using arrows to show both the direction of movement and often the amount of the thing being moved
What is a conformal map projection
A conformal projection is where the shape is shown accurately
Describe a climate graph
a graph that is a combination of line and column graphs. column section of the graph is used to record rain and the line graph is used to measure temperature.
What is an alphanumeric grid referencing
The grid with spaces between gridlines that are labelled with numbers on the vertical axis and the letters on the horizontal axis. (e.g the aquarium is on C4)
What is the area referencing
Each x and y axis has two digit numbers that are known as eastings and northings. horizontal numbers increase as they move east and vertical numbers increase as they move north. The two-digit numbers on each axis are put together to make a four-digit number that will pin point the location on a map.
