Canada Through Mapping

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Canada Through Mapping
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What is a Map?

• A drawn or printed representation of the earth
  or other object
• Most maps are flat (A globe is also a map but
  its shaped like a ball)

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What Are Maps Used For?

• Locating places
• Measuring distances
• Planning trips

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What is Cartography?

• Cartography is the study and the making of maps
• A person who makes maps is called a cartographer

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There are many types of maps such as

• Political Maps
• Physical Maps
• Road Maps
• Street Maps
• Transit Maps
• Thematic Maps
• Contour Maps
• Resource Maps
• Inventory Maps

Wow, Thats a lot of maps!
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Types of Maps (Cont)

• Luckily, these maps can be classified into three
  main types
• General reference maps
• Mobility maps
• Thematic Maps

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General Reference Map

• General Reference maps show
• Boundaries or borders
• Geographical features
• Bodies of water
• Cities and towns

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Examples of General Reference Maps

• Maps of provinces
• Maps of countries
• Maps of continents
• Maps of the world

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Where are General Reference Maps found?

• Choose the best answer below
• Encyclopedia
• Dictionary
• Atlas
• Newspaper
• Answer C - Atlas

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Political and Physical Maps

• Political map- one that shows boundaries of
  countries and provinces
• Physical (relief) maps show the location of
  physical features found on the earths surface
  such as mountains, rivers, lakes, and valleys

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Mobility Maps

• Mobility maps help people find their way from one
  place to another
• Some examples are

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Transit Map

• Shows the routes of buses, subways and other
  systems of public transportation

• Transit Map of Vancouver

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Charts

• A chart is a type of map that shows the ocean
  depths and dangerous underwater rocks
• Star charts show the positions of the stars in
  the sky

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Charts - Who uses them?

• Pilots and ship captains use charts to navigate
  the air and oceans by planes and ships

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Road Maps

• The most common mobility map is a road map
• They help people find their way from one place to
  another
• They are used for travel on land, on water, and
  in the air

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What Does a Road Map Show?

• Different types of roads and and highways
• The location of cities and towns
• The location of parks
• The location of lakes and rivers

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Other Types of Mobility Maps

• Street Maps
• City Maps
• Transit Maps
• Nautical Charts
• Country Maps
• Community Maps

Dont worry, you wont need to memorize these!
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Thematic Map

• A thematic map shows a feature of a country or
  place
• They can show natural resources, vegetations
  areas, population, types of soil, climate,
  temperature

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Inventory Map

• A type of thematic map that concentrates on a
  certain feature
• They could show forest land in Canada

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How Do You Read a Map?

• You have to understand the following
• Map Legends
• Scale
• Geographical grids
• Map indexes
• Latitude and Longitude
• Boy, this is getting confusing!

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Map Legends and Symbols

• Map legends list and explain the symbols and
  colours found on a map
• Sometimes the map symbols look like the features
  they represent (a tree representing a forest)

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Scale

• The scale on a map shows the relationship between
  the distances on a map and the distance on the
  earths surface
• Scale is shown with a bar or measuring tape.

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Geographical Grids

• Lines on a map that help us find and describe
  locations
• Most common grids are lines of latitude and
  longitude

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Map Indexes

• A map index helps us locate places on a map
• The features shown on a map are listed in
  alphabetical order in the index
• The index is usually found at the back of most
  atlases