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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