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Parts of a Map

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get the TODALS picture!

What is a map??

drawing pictureWITH A THEME

Examples

Countries

Topography

Climate

SOOO….

what must be on every map?

Every map must have

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Mr.? Ph.D.?

Mrs.? FunMaster?

Dr.? Jr.?

TITLE?

NO!

A title of a map tells the reader the THEME of the map.

Countries of the World

Physical Features of the World

World Climate

Global Rainforest Destruction

Need an example?

What else do I need for my map?

ORIENTATION

in other words…...

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“U

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You’ll need a rose...

BUT THIS ONE WON’T WORK

THIS IS A COMPASS ROSE!

It shows direction or orientation

(…and north is NEVER up!)

Is there more?

You bet!

You need a date...

No, not this kind!

“Wanna see a movie tonight, sweetie?”

THIS kind!

July 12, 1492(we need to know WHEN the map was made)

SO…what does the “A” in TODALS stand for?

AUTHOR,of course

(who created the map, the source of the map)

NO, silly, not this kind...

Dr. Seuss

THIS KIND!

National Geographic

What more could there be?

A legend,

of course

You mean, like this?

Look, it’s Johnny Appleseed!

NO, like this!

(just another name for a key!)

We MUST be done with the parts of a perfect map!

RIGHT??

Not quite--one more part

What could it be?

a scale, or course!

WAIT!

I have a question!

Why should we weigh the map?

We shouldn’t--we need this scale...

to show distance compared to a measurement

Now we have a perfect mapTITLE

SCALE

Legend

Author (source)Date

Orientation (compass rose)

Hammond Atlas Corp.1997

Essential Map Parts

TODALS

T title

O orientation

D date

A author

L legend

S scale