GEOGRAPHY FORMAL DEFINITION SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH EARTH’S NATURAL CLIMATE, RESOURCES, AND POPULATION MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION THE STUDY OF MAPS AND EARTH’S SURFACES

PHYSICAL MAP FORMAL DEFINITION A MAP SHOWING PHYSICAL FEATURES, LANDFORMS, AND WATER BODIES MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION MAP SHOWING THINGS AND FORMATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE

PHYSICAL MAP OF NEW YORK STATE

POLITICAL MAP FORMAL DEFINITION A MAP SHOWING CITIES, COUNTRIES, STATES, BOUNDARIES MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION MAP SHOWING MAN MADE THINGS

POLITICAL MAP OF NEW YORK STATE

ATLAS FORMAL DEFINITION COLLECTION OF MAPS IN A BOOK MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION A BOOK CONTAINING SEVERAL MAPS USED FOR RESEARCH

ATLAS LOOK HERE

MAP KEY FORMAL DEFINITION THE AREA ON A MAP THAT EXPLAINS WHAT SYMBOLS REPRESENT MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION ANSWER KEY OR PRINTED AREA THAT EXPLAINS THE MANY SYMBOLS AND DRAWINGS ON A MAP.

MAP KEY

LATITUDE FORMAL DEFINITION THE ANGULAR DISTANCE OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION DISTANCE LINES THAT LOOK LIKE A LADDER. LAT = SAT

Latitude Lines Look like a ladderLAT = SAT

LONGITUDE FORMAL DEFINITION THE ANGULAR DISTANCE THAT IS EAST AND WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION DISTANCE LINES RUNNING POINTING UP AND DOWN.

Longitude Point Up and DownConnect at the Poles

SCALE FORMAL DEFINITION A SERIES OF MARKS INDICATING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH MAP AND ITS ACTUAL DIMENTIONS MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION EXPLAINS HOW FAR APART THINGS ARE ON A MAP.

MAP SCALE

CARTOGRAPHER FORMAL DEFINITION ONE WHO MAKES OR PUBLISHES MAPS MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION PERSON WHO DRAWS MAPS

Cartographer my cousin Pat – Optimal Geographics