Galiga, John Kenneth U.

September 4, 2019
10- CALOOCAN(8) Mrs. Miles Peralta
Assignment No.3
WHAT IS A MAP?
Map is an essential guide for travelers in determining the exact location
of the place they are not familiar with especially for tourists visiting out
of the country destinations. Although maps are graphical illustrations
of the lands and bodies of water, many have difficulty in using them
because of various symbols, lines, colors and other indicators which are
not known to many. Before you become proficient in reading maps, it
is a must to first identify the different lines, symbols, color and details
that you can found in a map.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAP?

1. Physical Map – It identifies all landforms and bodies of water that
can be
found in different parts of the earth.
2. Topography Map – It is somewhat similar to the Physical Map for
showing
different landforms and bodies of water; but instead of colors, contour
lines
are used to illustrate the elevation and changes in the landscape of the
earth
features.
3. Thematic Map – More than the usual details of lands and bodies of
water,
it also includes some additional information for the convenience of
travelers
such as climatic condition in the place, population density, economic
activity, historical trends, and political boundaries.
4. Political Map – This map is intended to describe the state and
national
boundaries of places.
5. Climate Map – This describes the kind of climate that can be
expected by
travelers in the place of visit. Climatic zones are scientifically
determined
through measuring the amount of temperature, rainfall or snow,
humidity,
number of cloudy days and other conditions in the place.
6. Economic or Resource Map – It determines the presence of natural
resources in the area which are marked with specific colors and
symbols in
the Legend.
7. Road Map – It is the most common type of map that is widely used
by
travelers. This specifies the major highways and roads in the area that
travelers may tract to arrive at the desired destination.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF A MAP?

1. Title – This label gives you the idea about the purpose and type of
information that the map tries to show.
2. Compass Rose – It is usually a circular guide for
directions located at the corner of the map. Aside from
indicating the upward location of the map, it also describes
the main (east, west, north, south) and the intermediary
(northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest) directions
toward all locations.
3. Labels – It details the different items that can be seen in the areas of the
map like the names countries and capital cities, famous landmarks, names of
bodies of water, and others.
4. Legend/Key – This is usually enclosed in a box
and situated at the side of the map. It defines all
symbols, colors and other markings used in the map.
5. Scale – It describes the ratio between the length of
the map as compared to the real unit distance of lands
and bodies of water on earth. For example, one
centimeter of map area is equivalent to 500 miles of its
actual land mass.
6. Symbols – These are graphical representations of
different items that can be found in the map locations
such as mountains, rivers, capital cities, natural
resources, and economic activities.
7. Longitudes or Meridians - These are imaginary lines drawn from North to
South Pole of the earth equidistant to one another.
- Prime Meridian – It is the first longitude (0 degree) that passes through
Greenwich of London.
- International Date Line – It is the last meridian where the +180 degrees and -180
degrees meet.
8. Altitudes – These describe the imaginary horizontal lines that runs from
east to west of the map. Some other important lines that runs through the
Altitudes are:
- Equator – the imaginary line situated at the middle of the earth
- Tropics of Cancer – the imaginary line 23 degrees north of the Equator
- Tropic of Capricorn – the imaginary line 23 degrees south of the Equator
- Arctic Circle – the imaginary line that surrounds the North Pole where the Arctic
is located.
- Antarctic Circle – the imaginary line that surrounds the South Pole where the
Antarctic is located.
9. Absolute and Relative Location – The absolute location pertains to the place on
earth that fall exactly at the point where the altitude and longitude meets; whereas,
relative location describes any place surrounding the
altitude and longitude.
10. Inset Map – This pertains to a larger scale
representation of a portion of the map and is usually
projected on the uncluttered side of the map.
11. Locator Map – It shows the highlighted area of
land and its location into the context of the globe.