Maps This is a short PowerPoint presentation,

which will give you some more information on maps, including their use, the different

types of maps and the history of maps

What are Maps?

Visual representations of larger areas

Two dimensional drawings

They show how things are related to

each other by distance, direction and

size

What are maps used for?

Show physical features of an

environment

Used to locate places

Used to find out how to get

somewhere

What types of maps are there?

Climate Maps

Economic Maps

Physical Maps

Political Maps

Road Maps

Topographic Maps

Grid Maps

THE Evolution of

maps

Clay Tablet Map

Map of Nippur

13th-14th Century

Ancient Egyptian map

Turin Papyrus

1200BC

ANCIENT GREEK Map

Ptolemy’s Map

1503

Medieval Map

Moroccan Map

1154

Renaissance map

Mercator’s Map of the World

1554

Modern maps

Satellite Maps

First used in 1957

MODERN MAPS

Google Maps

Began in 2005

Department of the Environment, Community an Local Government. (n.d.). History of Maps. Retrieved April 6, 2013, from http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/5th-+-6th-class/history/history-of-maps/history-of-maps/

Geography for Kids. (2013). The Key to Understanding Maps. Retrieved April 6, 2013, from http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0027-map-key-and-scale.php

Pearson Education. (2013). Types of Maps. Retrieved April 6, 2013, from http://www.factmonster.com/world/geography/types-maps.html