Map Skills - created from Mind Map

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Scale

Relationship between map and actual distance

1:50000/ 2cm =1km

Area

Regular area

Irregular shape

km2

Length X Breadth

Count squares >half

Distance

Straight

Curved

KM

Find A and B, Use paper: Mark both points. Use scale ruler

Find A and B, Use paper,: Pin,Mark, Turn. Use scale ruler

Height

Colour

Contours

Spot Heights

Triangulation Pillar

Metres

Green - flat land. Beige - brown - upland

Lines joining places of equal height( 10m)

Widely spaced= gentle.

Close together=steep

.Spot showing height

.357

triangle showing highest peak

Slope

Even

Convex

Concave

Compound/Stepped

Grid References

LEN

Letter in Blue, Number at bottom, Number along side

Letter Eastng Northing

N 434 534

Sketch Maps

Guidelines x 2

Frame

Title

North Arrow

Coast & Features

Key/Legend

Direction

N E S W

Symbols

Key/legend

Map Skills