Support the spread of “good practice” in generating, managing, analysing and communicating spatial information The Varieties and Uses of Maps By: Mac Chapin Unit: M07U03
Feb 21, 2016
Support the spread of “good practice” in generating, managing, analysing and communicating spatial information
The Varieties and Uses of Maps
By: Mac Chapin
Unit: M07U03
Types of maps and their uses• Navigation (countryside or cities) • Political maps showing borders • Distribution of vegetation, rainfall, agricultural
exploitation, population density or ethnic groups• Protected areas and buffer zones • Deforestation • Mining and petroleum operations • Areas of conflict and civil war
Representation of the world
National boundaries
Provincial boundaries
Road map
Forest cover
Protected areas
European claims in Africa
Concessions
Logging
Deforestation
Aboriginal Australia
Linguistic map
Map of Guatemala and Belize
Indigenous people and the environment
Kuna map
Kuna sector map
New Guinea map
Community map
Land-use map
Conclusion• Maps have many uses• Maps used to be exclusive to elites• Maps are increasingly used by indigenous
people to defend their rights