Road Maps and GPS

What do cartographers do?

• Design maps for certain purposes

• Travel the world

• Explore new countries

• Write history books

What kind of map focuses on roads and highways?

• A history map

• A landform map

• A road map

• A political map

Today all road maps are printed on paper.

• True

• False

What does GPS mean?

• Graphs Plot Systems

• Graphs, Points, and Systems

• Globes Pointing South

• Global Positioning System

Where does a GPS get its signals?

• From a satellite in space

• From other map makers

• From the globe

• In an encyclopedia

A satellite is an object in space that circles a planet or the moon and sends signals back to Earth.

• True

• False

What are freeways?

• Country roads

• Highways built for fast travel

• Highways that don't cost money to make

• City streets

What are some examples of points of interest to travelers?

• legal traveling speed

• symbols on a map

• racetracks, museums, campgrounds

• streets and highways

A GPS is more likely to have updates like construction in an area of the road.

• true

• false

What did people long, long ago use as road maps?

• GPS

• A road atlas

• landmarks, like piles of rocks

• television reports