Download Dot map of the World

Map Elements
Map Projections
Scale Bar
Political, Physical, and Thematic
Maps
Map Elements:
• Title-subject of the map
• Symbols-represent information (natural
resources & economic activities)
Map Elements:
• Labels-names of places (cities, countries,
rivers, mountains, etc.)
• Colors-represent different kinds of
information (blue=water, etc.)
Map Elements:
• Lines of latitude-imaginary horizontal lines
measuring distance n or s of the equator
• Lines of longitude-imaginary vertical lines
measuring distance e or w of the prime
meridian
Map Elements:
• Scale-shows how much
distance on Earth is
represented by distance
on the map
• Legend (key)-explains
what the symbols and
colors on the map
represent
Map Elements:
• Compass roseshows directions
north (N), south
(S), east (E), and
west (W)
• Locator globeshows the specific
area of the world
that is shown on a
map
Which map elements do you see
below?
Map Projections
• The world is a sphere but maps are
flat, so all maps distort the shapes,
areas, distances, and directions found
in the real world.
Map Projections:
ways of showing Earth’s curved
surface on a flat map
Azimuthal-often used for
the polar regions
Mercator-good for
navigation maps
Map Projections
Homolosineaccurately shows
the shape and area
of landmasses
Robinson-shows the
shape and area of
continents & oceans
with reasonable
accuracy
Map Projections
Winkel Tripel-modified version of the
Robinson projection, with less distortion of
area and shape.
Scale Bar
• shows how much distance on earth is
shown on the map
• usually shown in both inches and
centimeters
Political Maps
• shows features that
humans have created
(countries, states,
provinces, and cities)
• features are labeled,
and lines show
boundaries
Physical Maps
• shows natural features of physical
geography (mountains, plains, valleys,
deserts, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.)
• can also show elevations (height of a
physical feature) and relief (change in
elevation from one place to another)
Physical Maps
Thematic Map:
• a map that shows a type of geographical
information (economic activity, natural
resources, population density, etc.)
• common types-point symbol map, dot
density map, proportional symbol map
Thematic Map:
Point Symbol Map-shows location of
activities at different points using symbols
Thematic Map:
Dot Density Map-uses dots to show how
something is distributed in a country or a
region
Thematic Map:
Proportional Symbol Map-uses symbols of
different sizes to show the size of an event