Types Of Maps Ppt

Political maps usually colored by country or by state colors make it easy to compare size, shape, and location symbols make it easy to tell capitals from other cities political maps also name. They will cut out and paste definitions of various types of maps as they are introduced in the power point. Map projection conic projection map projection used for showing small areas midway between the equator and the poles.

Elevation maps maps that show elevation change by using color or shading. They will cut out and paste definitions of various types of maps as they are introduced in the power point. We will see this map when we look at population heartbeat film.

The map types included are:

—political —physical —elevation/topographic —population, population density —natural resource —precipitation, climate • use a map key/legend, symbols, distance scale, and boundaries to interpret a map. Pair/share 1s:2s “describe a contour map.” 2s:1s. To get one thing accurate, we must give up another. Road map a road map is one of the most widely used map types.