Zusammenfassung der Ressource
map elements
- compass
- the compass rose shows how the
direction on a map relates to
direction in the real world. the
compass uses such as
north,south,east,and west
- labels
- are words that identify a location they may
show something a specific name
- symbols
- the map maker chooses what
symbols are on the map
- legend
- the legend is a small box in the corner that holds the
key symbols
- scale
- scale shows the distance
measurements on the map. if a map
is to scale, map readers can measure
part of the map to calculate accurate
distances in the real world
- Numerical scale is shown as a ratio. in
this scale, every 1 foot on the map =
25,000
- Verbical
- graphical
- grid
- the map grid is a set of vertical
horizontal line overlaping the map