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27 Cards in this Set
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Ordance survey |
An organization that has mapped the uk. It produces paper maps and digital mapping products |
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Easting |
On a map vertical grid lines that in crease in value as they move across the east |
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Gis |
Electronic maps with layers added to the display information about the area |
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GPS |
These pinpoint an exact location on the globe according to the lines of latitude and longitude |
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Latitude |
Imaginary lines around the earth running parrallel to the equator |
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Longitude |
Imaginary lines from the north to the South Pole. Measured in degrees east or west of the Greenwich or the prime meridian |
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Map projection |
A way of showing the earth as a flat map |
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Northibg |
Numbered horizontal grid lines that increase in value as they move north |
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Scale |
The ratio of a distance on a map, graph or diagram to the corresponding actual distance |
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Triangulation pillar |
A network of concrete pillars found in the uk that were used to make maps |
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List the four things that a map should have |
Title Scale North arrow Key or legend |
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Front (Term) |
Campsite |
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Front (Term) |
Motorway |
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Front (Term) |
Railway |
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Front (Term) |
Railway station |
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Front (Term) |
River |
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Front (Term) |
School |
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Front (Term) |
Place of worship |
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Post office |
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Front (Term) |
Woods |
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If the scale on a map is 1:50,000 what does this mean |
1cm on the map = 50,000 cm in real life. In real life it would be 50,000 times bigger |
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How can you work out the exact heights on a map |
Black dot with a number (amount in meters) next to it. |
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How can you find a triangulation pillar? |
Blue triangle |
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What is a contour line |
If the contour lines are close together, they hill is quite steep and high. If they are further apart the slope of hill is gentle. |
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What is layer shading? |
The darker the shaded areas are the higher it is. |
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Grid reference |
A grid helps the map reader to locate a place. The horizontal lines crossing the map from oboe side to the other are called northings. They are numbered- the numbers in creasing north. The the vertical lines that crossing the map from top to bottom these are called earthlings |
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Things to remember |
1.on a OS map each grid square 1cm x1km or 1sq when. |
