Presentation on maps: types, components, and compass directions

Objectives of Map Study

QUEEN'S COLLEGE SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT GEOGRAPHY GRADE 9 TOPIC: MAPS 1Objectives At the end of this lesson students will: Define the term maps. Identify six types of maps. Describe four components of a map. State three importance of a map.What is a Map? Maps are pictorial representations of the earth's surface. The physical features (e.g vegetation) and human features (e.g buildings) are represented by symbols on a map.

Geographical Features of Guyana

Barima-Waini Essequibo Islands- West Demerara Pomeroon- Supenaam Demerara-Mahaica Mahaica-Berbice Cuyuni-Mazaruni On TheWorldMap.& East Berbice- Corentyne Upper Demerara- Berbice Potaro- Siparuni Upper Takutu- Upper Essequibo East Berbice- Corentyne Copyright @ Ontheworldmap.co

Types of Maps

Topographical Maps

TYPES OF MAPSTopographical Map 6 A topographical map is a detailed graphic representation of the physical and human features of an area. We can interpret these features by using colours, symbols and abbreviations.

Map of Guyana: Natural Regions

81ªW 80°W 50°W Morawhanna Mabaruma NATURAL REGIONS Map Of GUYANA 50 100 Kilometers RUN Port Kaituma N Santa Rosa Mission # >Z 1.Matthews Ridge Charity # · Kokerite Hampton Court ANNA REGINA Suddie OCEAN GEORGETOWN Paradise Mahaloa PORUN CHEDDI JAGAN INT. AIRPORT MAZARUN MAMAICAR NEW AMSTERDAM OROSE HALL RIVER RIVER LINDEN . CORRIVERTON Skeldon RMER Kumaka VIVER "Ituni Potaro Landing Mabura Hill Mahdia jKwakwani Kaieteur Fall Location Map 5ºN S'N Kurukabaru Venezuela Orinduik «Paramakatoi Kurupukari SIPARUNI Kato Wandak Brazil 4ºN BRAZIL Annai SURINAME Toka Karanambu RIVER LETHEM St. Ignatius RIVER Camp Jaguar 3ºN Sand Creek 3ºN Wichabal Dadanawa Maruranau DAwaruwaunau Coastal Plain Highland Forest Hilly Sand & Clay #Achiwuib Interior Savannas NEW 2ªN 12ªN Mamirpawa City KASSIKAITYU RIVER Towns Gunns Villages/Settlements International Airport Airfield's Rivers and Creeks Roads Trails @ Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission_ Georgetown, Guyana, 2006. IN International Border POKEROON RIVER SUPENAAM R 7ºN Parika BARTICA Rosignol Rockstone" Kamarang KAKO R POYARD ES SEQUINO RIVER ) Atlantic Ocean Suriname Karasabai -4ºN RVER RUPUNUSS KYRTARO THOUTU Aishalton RIVER ORONOQUE Kanashen# SPURNER 0 VENEZUELA AMAKURA R ATLANTIC BARVM + R. DARAM A W "Takama CORENTYNE "Konawaruk-

Relief Maps

Relief Maps A relief map is a map model with elevations and depressions representing hills and valleys, typically on an exaggerated relative scale.

Relief Map of Guyana

Corocoro /stan Wisto Point ATLANTIC OCEAN - - Morawhanna Mabaruma VENEZUELA · Port Katuma BARIMA-WAINI Arakaka Charity . Kokerite Towakama POMEROON SUPENAAM Cauramenbu Mus Spring Garden . Vreed en-Hoop GEORGETOWN " Parika ESSEQUBO ISLANDS Paradise WEST DEMERARA .Mahaicony Timene Enmore Fort Wellington New Amsterdam Hote Hall Tahuau Tumereng * Everton Nieuw Nickerie Linden Springland. Parma , spring Issano" Wwramadan Malai. EAST BERBICE CORENTYNE Amokokoçais aka Mahdia " Kwakwani Konawanuk UPPER DEMERARA-BERBICE Epira Corentine POTARO-SIPURANI Stondansio Reservoir . Orduk Kurupukan Owertek Kabalebo Reservoir Burarna Apote, SURINAME Kumaka BRAZIL Hope : Karanambo = Marakanata UPPER TAKUTU- UPPER ESSEQUIBO .Sa ignatius .. Kanuky Sans Cree Boa Vista Wilchaba Awardwaunawa * Aishaton EAST BERBICE-CORENTYNE " Ishenton Kuğuwini Landing GUYANA Rupununi Savana 30 0 miles CACADEMIA MAPS, GEOATLAS COPYRIGHT 2012. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. National Capital (239,227 i 2002) over 30.000 3,000 R over 10.000 1,650 R other main city BRAZIL other city Capital of region La Reforma CUYUNI-MAZARUNI DEMERARA- MAHAICA Bartica Peter's Mine . Rosignol . MAHAICA. BERBICE Wismar Rockstone +. Kamatang Corriverton - Imbaimada Mlerume Afis. Kaikuni Potaro Landing . Orealla . ain + Lethem Pawarma Acarai Mta Kamoa Konashen, 1.201 Anna Regina

Contour Lines on Maps

Contour lines 100 99 .98 -97 96 95 A 955 6 00 12 (672) 1500 Fig. 17.1. Contours Author Contour Lines 1700 B

Geological Maps

Geological Maps: tells us about the nature and distribution of rocks and rock type. Sedimentary Rocks Quaternary Tertiary Cretaceous Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks + Paleozoic-Mesozoic intrusives Precambrian undifferentiated

Weather Maps

Weather Maps -tells us about weather conditions and forecasts. 1024 1000 1008 1016 1000 L 4 984 L 1008 1016 1000 992 #197530009 Isobars1008- 47 5 45 .. 1090 946 996 992 10 988 1980. T 984 60 998 5 992 2 Hurricane Sandy October 29, 20596 1004 69-946- 0

Climatic Maps

Climatic Map Climate Zones South America PLACE II DOO Population, Landscape, and Climate Estimates -tells us about the climate (temperature and rainfall distribution) of an area. 500 I am N Robinson Projection Generalized Climate Zones: Tropical Dry Desert Temperate Cold Polar Tundra Climate zones were taken from the Koppen Climate Classification map of the world, distributed by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Feb. 2006). The 46 global classes possess membership to 5 super classes, based on general annual distributions of temperature and rainfall. Source Information: FAO's Sustainable Development Department (SD) - 2006. http://www.fao.org/sd/Eldirect/climate/EIsp0002.htm. Publish Date: 03/13/07 Copyright 2007. The Trustens of Columbia University in the City of New York Source: Center for Imemnational Earth Science Information Network (DIESIN). Columbia University Population, Landscape, and Climate Estimates (PLA Further information available at: Http:/sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/place/ This document is licensed under a Creative Commons 2 5 Attribution License http:/creativecommons.org/licenses/by @2 5

Political Maps

Political Map -shows us where administrative boundaries are located. Barim Waini Essequibo Islands- West Demerara Demerara- Mahaica Pomercon- Supenaam Mahaica- Berbice Cuyuni- Mazaruni Upper Demerara- Berbice Potaro- Siparuni Upper Takutu- Upper Essequibo East Berbice- Corentyne

Choropleth Maps

Choropleth Maps These show the average population density in each administrative area. Venezuela S Colombia GuyanaFrench Guiana Suriname Ecuador Peru Brazil Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay Chile Argentina Density Population Pop_sqmi 4-9 10 - 18 19 - 31 32 - 56 57-106 Population of South America Chile Source: ArcGIS Database Projection: South America Lambert Conformal Conic 0 700 000 1,400,000 2,800,000 Meters

Dot Maps for Geographic Densities

Dot Maps A dot map is a map used to illustrate geographic densities and distributions of a phenomena, where one dot has a value of a certain number N I 2 5 4 3 0 80 km Key 6 · 10,000 people (310,000 people live in the Georgetown area) 10.1.2 Guyana: population distribution.

Economic Maps

Economic Map Shows the distribution of economic activities e.g agriculture, mining and industrial activities. Mabarum3 . Matthews . Ridge Au Charity E Georgetown 10 C Bartica Au New Amsterdam C . Tumereng A Al Linden Everton C Au Ituni .AI A Meat packing Al Bauxite Au Gold C Diamonds Sawmill; wood products FISHING Machine and metalworking Bauxite processing Fishing area & Shipyard AGRICULTURE Lethem Lumbering Sugar Rice Coconuts Cattle Economic Activity INDUSTRY MINING Tumatumari. C -Au Kwakwani Al Mahdia Sugar milling Food processing c Essequibo Au

Parts of a Map

Map Skills 2-Parts of a Map N MAP KEY = Park - = Railroad W E G = Gas Station - Road Campground S 1:550 000 9 miles to 1 inch PARTS OF A MAP

Map Title

Title Map title is an element in a map layout that describes the theme or subject of a map. - GUYANA: SOIL MAP < 0 100 VENEZUELA ATLANTIC OCEAN SURINAME Soils of the coastal plain A Clay soils; wet Silty or clay soils; moderately wet Peat swamps (pegasse) Silty soils; gently sloping Soils of interior floodplains and lowland Hk Soils subject to flooding Sandy soil, gently sloping Pays White sands Brown sandy clay Very sandy or gravelly soils Hilly or rolling soils Hilly or rolling loamy soils Hilly, reddish clay soils with ironstone boulders IT Steep sandy or gravelly soils BRAZIL Shallow er rocky solls of mountain tiff Steep, shallow or rocky soils

Title Formatting

How the title should be written. Correct Guyana: Soil Map Guyana: Economic Map Incorrect Map of Guyana showing soil type.

Sheet Number Reference

The sheet number is found in bold print in both the upper right and lower left areas of the margin, and in the center box of the adjoining sheets diagram, which is found in the lower right margin. It is used as a reference number to link specific maps to overlays, operations orders, and plans. (1125) or as a letter, followed by a three- or four-digit numeral (M661, T7110).

Map Scale

Scale A scale which indicates the size of the map. This is given in miles in old edition and kilometres in new editions.

Scale Examples

Scales Scale Example Mile 1 2 글 1 0 Yards 1000 0 1000 2000 3000 400 Metres 1000 500 0 1 2 3 4 km 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 km 0 500 m As fraction or representative fraction 1 25,000 1:25,000 As a statement ? Linear Scale 2 Miles 1

Compass Direction on Maps

Compass Direction Compass direction which indicates North, the True North and the Magnetic North. N 1 True North Magnetic North Grid North

Types of North

True North-this is the direction of the North Pole from a given point in the centre of the map sheet. North. Magnetic North- this is the direction which is either immediately east or west of the True North. 1 Grid North-the direction in which the grid reference lines point.

Map Key and Legend

Key A map key is sometimes also called a legend. Legends or key uses symbols, colors, or lines to represent important places or landmarks on a map.

Conventional Map Symbols

Conventional Symbols Roads Secondary roads Footpath - Water bodies are always represented by the colo Vegetation is represented by the colour gi Schoo sch + Church ch 1

Conventional Symbols Continued

Conventional Symbols cont'd Contour .100 99 98 -97 96 95 Fig. 17.1. Contours Spot Height .259 (may not see this on actual ground) Trigonometrical Station grounds) Bench Mark 450 512 (place on a circular metal disc on a pillar on high (brass disc/metal bolt into a durable rock or building).

Karst Scenery Map Extract

Karst scenery 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 79 N f O CROWN LANDS New Hope Redtots River TROY ICH TROY S 77 Tk 76 COWICK PARK 75 GLASGOW 74 AUCHTEMBEDDIE LOOKOUT SETTLEMENT 73 Goldings MARLBOROUGH -Oxford Cave ROSE .Ch VALLEY Ch Sch- 72 KEANWOOD ARMSTRONG cử Oxford 71 Eye River ANOS VA WALLINGFORD Comfort Hall 70 Figure 3 1:50,000 map extract of Cockpit Country, Jamaica 0 1 km Woodland Trees and scrub Citrus plantation Coconut plantation WCa WCa Water catchment Sugar cane plantation Banana plantation Mixed or scattered cultivation Pasture Forest plantation Tobacco plantation 17 of 10 PA 78 PoCom CHC Och 79 //Ch Mahogany Grove Sch