Unit 1 Maps

Isoline Map

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​Flow Line Map

TYPEOF MAP????

Multiple Choice

What type of map was the previous slide?

• Proportional Symbol

• Cartogram

• Choropleth

• Isoline

• Dot Map

Multiple Choice

What type of map is the previous slide?

• Proportional Symbol

• Cartogram

• Cholopleth

• Isoline

• Dot Map

Multiple Choice

What type of map is the previous slide?

• Proportional

• Cartogram

• Dot Map

• Cholopleth

• Isoline

Multiple Choice

What type of map is the previous slide?

• Dot map

• Propotional

• Cartogram

• Cholopleth

• Isoline

Multiple Choice

What type of map is the previous map?

• Dot Map

• Proportional

• Cartogram

• Cholopleth

• Isoline

Multiple Choice

What type of map is the previous map?

• Dot Map

• Proportional

• Cartogram

• Cholopleth

• Isoline

Multiple Choice

What type of map is the previous slide?

• Dot Map

• Proportional

• Cartogram

• Cholopleth

• Isoline

Distortion

S = Shape

A = Area

D = Distance

D = Direction

Look at the map projections and decide how each is distorted.

FULLER PROJECTION

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GALL-PETERS PROJECTION

• More fairly shows the

less developed
countries

• Countries shapes are

distorted, but area is
accurate

WHATTYPEOFMAPPROJECTIONISTHEBESTTO

USEFORTHEFOLLOWING:

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1. Company that produces geography textbooks

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2. Adventure travel company that is sponsoring an expedition to the
North Pole.

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3. A nonprofit organization that is mapping the world’s population

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4. Sailboat manufacturer that wants to expand its product line into the
map business

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EARTH

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MERCATOR PROJECTION

POLAR (AZIMUTHAL) PROJECTIONS

• Either the North or

South Pole is
oriented at the
center of the map

Examples of Site and Situation
US

Turkey

Argentina

What is scale?

Scale is the relationship of the size of a map to the amount of area it represents on Earth

What is scale?

Scale is the relationship of the size of a map to the amount of area it represents on Earth

Large Scale v. Small Scale Maps

Large Scale Maps

A map which depicts a small territory

The scale is large (1 inch = 500 feet).

Small Scale Map

Shows more territory,but less detail (1 inch = 500 miles

Are the following small scale or large scale
maps?

FINDTHEDISTANCE

Latitude and Longitude

Practice

Spatial
Distribution

In your own words,

what is spatial

distribution?

It includes density,

concentration, and

pattern.

The End!!!