Keys, Legends, and Symbols in Maps (How to Use Maps)

Just as maps help us find our way around unfamiliar places, keys and legends help us navigate unfamiliar maps. This helpful volume uses clear, easy-to-follow text to teach kids how to use a map’s legend or key to figure out what the symbols on it mean. It presents commonly used symbols, such as the stars showing capital cities. The book also explains how certain types of maps, such as USGS topographic maps, employ standardized sets of symbols.

Children's Books

Quinlan, Julia J.

Science, Nature & How It Works

Powerkids Pr

Different Kinds of Maps (How to Use Maps)

<p>What kind of map would you use to enter the exciting sport of orienteering? How about if you needed to drive from San Diego to San Francisco? Or if you wanted to see which parts of Earth are covered in taiga? This indispensable volume offers lower elementary students an introduction to the most commonly used kinds of maps. It is chock-full of examples of various sorts of maps and offers clear explanations of the advantages of each type.</p>

Without a scale, the people reading a map could only hazard a guess as to whether the distance between two points on it is a matter of a few hundred feet or a few hundred miles. This useful book teaches kids how to use a map scale to determine distance, both as the crow flies and based on a particular route. It also discusses working with map grids and using a map to plan a trip.

Scale and Distance in Maps (How to Use Maps)

Latitude, Longitude, and Direction (How to Use Maps)

<p>From “Down East” to “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!” to “Greenwich Mean Time,” there are plenty of common phrases that invoke longitude, latitude, and direction. This immensely useful book covers topics such as compass roses, the history of longitude and latitude, Earth’s time zones, and the relationship between latitude and climate. The book presents longitude, latitude and direction to lower elementary students in a fun, approachable way.</p>

GPS and Computer Maps (How to Use Maps)

In the high-tech world of today, many of the maps we encounter are GPS maps or computer maps. This informative volume explains how the GPS, or Global Positioning System, works. It discusses how and why the system was developed and how various devices use it. It also covers online map systems, such as Google Maps and MapQuest. The book deals with zooming in and out on such maps. It even explores the advantages and disadvantages of computer and GPS maps in comparison to paper maps.

Computers & Technology

Just as maps help us find our way around unfamiliar places, keys and legends help us navigate unfamiliar maps. This helpful volume uses clear, easy-to-follow text to teach kids how to use a maps legend or key to figure out what the symbols on it mean. It presents commonly used symbols, such as the stars showing capital cities. The book also explains how certain types of maps, such as USGS topographic maps, employ standardized sets of symbols.

From Down East to Fifty-Four Forty or Fight! to Greenwich Mean Time, there are plenty of common phrases that invoke longitude, latitude, and direction. This immensely useful book covers topics such as compass roses, the history of longitude and latitude, Earths time zones, and the relationship between latitude and climate. The book presents longitude, latitude and direction to lower elementary students in a fun, approachable way.

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Keys, Legends, and Symbols in Maps (How to Use Maps)

Different Kinds of Maps (How to Use Maps)

Scale and Distance in Maps (How to Use Maps)

Latitude, Longitude, and Direction (How to Use Maps)

GPS and Computer Maps (How to Use Maps)

Keys, Legends, and Symbols in Maps (How to Use Maps)

Different Kinds of Maps (How to Use Maps)

Scale and Distance in Maps (How to Use Maps)

Latitude, Longitude, and Direction (How to Use Maps)

GPS and Computer Maps (How to Use Maps)