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GEOGRAPHY
Place and People: On the Map
 
Points of View: The functions of maps
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Background
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The Grid: Using co-ordinates
Relief and Contours
Location: Finding the way
Out of the Map Room: Maps as research tools
Credits
OS Map Extracts and Key
National Curriculum Relevance
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Points of View: The functions of maps

Aims

  • To demonstrate the match between map and landscape using aerial photographs.
  • To show how signs and symbols are used on maps.
  • To show how to orientate maps in order to follow a route.
  • To demonstrate how sketch maps can be used to plan a route.
  • To introduce OS and atlas maps of different scales.
  • To demonstrate different world map projections.