Map Skills - IS Flashcards
Revision for IIS exam
What can you see in a photo that you can’t on a map?
Weather, environment (grass, flowers etc.)
What can you see on a map that you can’t in a photo?
Bird’s Eye View, roads, rivers and more land covered.
What is more useful for going for a walk in that area and why?
Map because:
you can plan routes
see where rivers and roads are
know the entire area and where to go
All good maps should have… (6 things)
- A title - Place and Type of Map
- Symbols - To make things clear and uncluttered
- A key - meaning of symbols
- A North Point - Know directions to get to places
- A scale - To know sizes and distances of and between areas
- A grid with coordinates - To pinpoint locations accurately.
Name 2 people who would use maps for business
Geography Teachers
Travel Guides
Name 2 people who would use maps for leisure
Tourists
Hillwalkers
When do you normally use maps?
Hills
Zoos, museums and theme parks
Planning for projects in the field
Travelling
What does OS stand for?
Ordnance Survey
What does OS do?
Produce maps for Great Britain
Why do we need to use map symbols?
To make maps clearer, easier to read and more spaced out.
Name all 8 compass points
N - North
NE - North-East
E - East
SE - South-East
S - South
SW - South-West
W - West
NW - North-West
What do you call the lines on the grid that go from side to side of the map?
Northings
Numbered from South to North
What do you call the lines on the grid that go from top to bottom of the map?
Eastings
Numbered from West to East
What are the two types of grid references?
4 figure grid references
6 figure grid references
What is the more accurate grid reference?
6 figure grid references
What are the three ways scale can be shown on a map?
Statement (eg. each 2cm box on this map represents 1km²)
Ratio (eg, 1:50,000) (meaning 1 cm on map = 50,000 cm in reality)
Line - Small ruler at the bottom of map
What are the most commonly used map scales?
1:25,000 and 1:50,000
What is more detailed: 1:25,000 or 1:50,000?
1:25,000
What is straight line distance?
The distance between two points in a straight line
What is latitude?
Latitude lines tell us how far North or South we are
What is longitude?
Latitude lines tell us how far East or West we are
Where do you measure longitude lines from?
The Greenwich or The Prime Meridian
Where do you measure latitude lines from?
The equator
What goes first: Latitude or Longitude?
Latitude
