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Mapping checklist

1. Title

2. Legend

3. Scale

4. Direction

5. Date of publication

6. Border

Latitude

Divides north and south

1* = 111km

Important lines of latitude

Equator-0*

Tropic of Cancer-23.5*N

Tropic of Capricorn-23.5*S

Arctic circle-66.5*N

Antarctic circle-66.5*S

North Pole-90*N

South Pole-90*S

Longitude

Divides east and west

important lines of longitude

prime meridian/Greenwich meridian/international meridian - 0*

International date line - 180*

Time zones

- 15* = 1 time zone

- 1 time zone = 1 hr difference

- 0:00 at prime meridian

- east of international dateline: +1 day

- west of international dateline: -1 day

there are 24 times zones in total

Time Zone Formula

longitude*/15

Time zones in Canada

Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic, Newfoundland

how is NST different from other time zones?

it's 30 mins apart from AST instead of 1 hr

what are the types of map projection?

mercator, equal area, winkel tripel

What is the Mercator projection?

- good for nagivigation

- countries near equator appear smaller; countries close to poles appear bigger

What is equal area projection?

- preserves the relative sizes of geographic features

- preferred by most nations

What is the Winkel Tripel projection?

- best balance of size, distance & direction

- realistic representation of globe

what is a general purpose map

-Many types of info on a single map

-Most wall, road and atlas maps fall under this category

large scale map

- details of small area

- good for residential planning, hiking & military maps

- between 1:25000 and 1:50000

small scale map

- small amnt of details of large area

- general info such as political & economic

- between 1:250000 and 1:500000

What is a thematic map?

a map that shows a particular theme, or topic

What is a topographic map?

- symbols to show a variety of features

what is a road map?

- Shows major highways and secondary roads

- used for transportation

- large or small scale

What is a topographical map?

- graphic representation of the earth's surface that includes man-made features and natural features

- uses symbols, lines, colors

- large scale

What is a thematic map?

- particular theme, or topic

- geological patterns of statistical data

- display distribution of patterns

how many degrees is a bearing?

22.5*

- total bearings should add up to 360*

what are the cardinal points?

North, South, East, West (90*)

- 4 in total

what are the ordinal points?

NE, NNE, ENE, SE, ESE, SSE, SW, SSW, WSW, NW, NNW, WNW

- 12 in total

Direct Statement Scale

ex. 1cm = 2.5km

representative fraction

ex. 1:250 000

ALWAYS IN CM

linear scale

uses straight line, like a number line or ruler

capital of Ontario

Toronto

Capital of Quebec

Quebec City

Capital of B.C.

Victoria

capital of N.B.

Fredericton

capital of N.S.

halifax

capital of P.E.I

Charlottetown

capital of N.W.T.

yellowknife

capital of Yukon

Whitehorse

capital of Nunavut

Iqaluit

Capital of Manitoba

Winnipeg

capital of Alberta

Edmonton

capital of saskatchewan

Regina

Capital of NFLD and Labrador

St. John's

other major cities in Canada

St John(N.B.)

Thunder bay, Sudbury, Ottawa, Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Windsor(ON)

Montreal(QC)

Churchill(MA)

prince albert, saskatoon(SK)

Calgary(AB)

Vancouver(B.C.)