Maps Flashcards
1
Q
Areas on a map can be identified with a ……
A
grid reference
2
Q
What is the four digit grid reference of the tourist information office?
A
4733
3
Q
What is the six digit grid reference of the tourist information office?
A
(remember the square is divided into 10)
476334
4
Q
The horizontal lines crossing the map from one side to the other are called?
A
northings as the numbers increase in an northernly direction.
5
Q
The vertical lines crossing the map from top to bottom are called?
A
eastings as the numbers increase in an easterly direction.
6
Q
When you give a grid reference, always give the ???? first.
A
easting (“Along the corridor and up the stairs”)
7
Q
What is the six figure reference for Bamford station?
A
208825
8
Q
A
campsite
9
Q
A
Motorway
10
Q
A
railway
11
Q
A
railway station
12
Q
A
river
13
Q
Sch
A
school
14
Q
+
A
Place of worship (church) without spire or tower
15
Q
A
woods
16
Q
TH
A
town hall
17
Q
PH
A
public house
18
Q
P
A
post office
19
Q
MS
A
mile stone
20
Q
CH
A
club house
21
Q
A
parking
22
Q
A
tourist information centre
23
Q
A
church with spire
24
Q
A
church with tower
25
golf course
26
B road
27
A road
28
bridge
29
bus station
30
youth hostel
31
telecommunication mast
32
caravan site
33
view point
34
public telephone
35
Minor road
36
train station
37
level crossing
38
viaduck
39
tunnel
40
railway track
41
picnic area
42
contour lines,
The number tells you the height above see level in metres, exact heights are often given with a black dot beside them.
43
height
44
footpath
45
marsh
46
light house
47
# What is the symbol?
campsite
48
# What is the symbol?
Motorway
49
# What is the symbol?
railway
50
# What is the symbol?
railway station
51
# What is the symbol?
river
52
# What is the symbol?
school
Sch
53
# What is the symbol?
Place of worship (church) without spire or tower
+
54
# What is the symbol?
woods
55
# What is the symbol?
town hall
TH
56
# What is the symbol?
public house
PH
57
# What is the symbol?
post office
P
58
# What is the symbol?
mile stone
MS
59
# What is the symbol?
club house
CH
60
# What is the symbol?
parking
61
# What is the symbol?
tourist information centre
62
# What is the symbol?
church with spire
63
# What is the symbol?
church with tower
64
# What is the symbol?
golf course
65
# What is the symbol?
B road
66
# What is the symbol?
A road
67
# What is the symbol?
bridge
68
# What is the symbol?
bus station
69
# What is the symbol?
youth hostel
69
# What is the symbol?
telecommunication mast
70
# What is the symbol?
caravan site
71
# What is the symbol?
view point
72
# What is the symbol?
public telephone
72
# What is the symbol?
Minor road
73
# What is the symbol?
train station
74
# What is the symbol?
level crossing
75
# What is the symbol?
viaduck
75
# What is the symbol?
tunnel
76
# What is the symbol?
railway track
77
# What is the symbol?
picnic area
78
# What is the symbol?
contour lines
79
# What is the symbol?
height
80
# What is the symbol?
footpath
81
# What is the symbol?
marsh
81
# What is the symbol?
light house
82
What is a map?
A map is a two dimensional drawing or picture of an area.
83
Give 3 different forms which a map can take
1. simple sketch of e.g. the street in which you live
2. complex ordnance survey map of a particular area of land
3. fully comprehensive representation of the earth
84
Give 3 things that maps are useful for?
1. Help you plan a route
2. Help you arrive quickly and safely at a destination
3. Helps you visulise what a place looks like so that you know what to expect when you get there
85
What are the 4 main map rules?
1. Title given to show what the map represents
2. Compass displaying north should be included to help users find their bearings
3. Scale used to indicate how far apart places and things are
4. Key is essential to explain what the symbols that are included on the map
86
Ordnance Survey maps are always printed so that ?????? is at the top of the map.
North
87
Draw out a 8 point compass
Ignore the small blue markings!
88
Scale is used to show?
how distances on a map differ from the way they are on the ground
89
What are the 3 main types of scale and give examples?
1. Statement: 1 cm represents 2 km in real ife
2. Ratio: 1:20 (means the map is 20 time smaller than it is in real life i.e. 1cm on the page = 20 cm in real life)
3. Linear: When the scale is drawn along a line e.g see diagram (NB. cm on map is drawn to scale)
90
If the scale is 1:50,000 what does it mean?
The map is 50,000 times smaller than the real world.
For example, every 1 cm on the map represents 50,000 cm in the real world.
