UNIT 1 introduction maps

Political maps

maps with boundaries and locations of places made by people.

Physical map

show and label natural features, such as mountains, river’s, and deserts.

Road maps

Label highways, streets and alleys.

Plat maps

show and label property lines and details of land ownership.

Choropleth maps

Uses colors or shades to show the location and distribution of spatial data.

Dot map

used to show the specific location and distribution of something across a map.

Graduated symbol maps

use symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of something

Isoline map

use lines to connect places that have the same value, like temperature or elevation, to show changes across an area.

topographic maps

Hikers use

cartogram

changes the size of places based on a statistic, like population or income.

Small-scale maps

Show large amount of area but less detail

Large-scale maps

Show small amount of area but with more detail

Absolute location

It’s the exact address of a place using coordinates.

Relative location

It tells you where a place is by what’s nearby.

Mercator map

Use to navigate and Greenland is more long

Peters map

shows where things are and how they are arranged Greenland is short

Robison map

General use has oval shaped map

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