May show the four cordinal points or North,South,East,West. Sometimes when they will show intermeoliate points such as North East, South East, South West, and North West.
Key + Legend Map
Shows information needed to be able to understand the map. Show definition of symbols used on maps but sometimes includes scale or compass
Quality map-easy to find , clear to read. Not to big but not to small.
High Quality- clear and creative
Labels
Labels are the words that show something with a specific name ( streets or rivers)
Labels can also be used to represent something if there is only one of it, instead of making up a symbol to just represent one thing.
Map grid
the map will be used to find locations. A grid and index is common in an atlas and on road maps.
Sometimes maps will use more of a basic grid with numbers or letters.
The map grid is set of vertical and horizontal lines over laid on the map. Not all maps use a grid
and index .
Scale
Shows the map reader how the distance on the map compares to the distance in the real world.