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Year 10 Geography
Map Skills Unit
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Map Skills
• Learn about different map projections
• Understand how scale works on a map
• Locate places using latitude and longitude
• Calculate directions and bearings
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Map projections
A map projection is a method of representing the earth’s curved (3D) surface on a flat (2D) map.
A map projection is a compromise between size/area and shape
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Scale
• Each map has a "scale" which indicates the relationship between a certain distance on the map and the real distance on the ground
• 4 ways of showing scale – and they are?
• Remember…– …smaller scale = large area but less detail (e.g. 1:8,000,000)
– …larger scale = small area but more detail (e.g. 1:25,000)
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Using Scale on maps
Look at pages 2 & 3 in your atlas and answer the following questions:
1. Write a definition explaining the meaning of scales
2. Identify 4 ways that scale can be used and give an example of each
3. State the scale as a ratio of figures 2-6 on pages 2 & 3
4. Is the map in figure 3 a larger or smaller scale than figure 4?
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Locations: Latitude & Longitude
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyaMZJ0WdHM
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Latitude & Longitude
Write a step-by-step explanation on how to accurately locate places on maps by using latitude and longitude.– Use page 1 of the atlas to help– Include a definition of latitude and longitude– Give an example from the map– Include degrees and minutes
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Latitude & Longitude
1. Name the cities at the following locations:a) 17°59’N 102°38’Eb) 18°52’S 47°30’Ec) 17°45’S 168°18’Ed) 11°35’E 104°55’E
2. Use latitude & longitude to locate the following citiesa) Port Moresbyb) Hanoic) Muscatd) Wellington
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Directions on a Map
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Calculating Bearings
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Calculating Bearings
Using your protractor and page 148-149 of the atlas answer the following:
1. Give the direction from London of:a) Parisb) Berlinc) Lisbond) Rekyavik
2. Give the bearing from Prague of:a) Warsawb) Romec) Ankarad) Madride) Dublin
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Bearings – Be careful
• Bearings on maps DO NOT represent the bearing you take with a magnetic compass.
• Why not…?