1. Geographer’s Toolkit – chapter 3
Locating Places on Maps – chapter 3
Geography of Canada

2. Try these: Convert the following
Direct Statement
Representative Fraction
1 cm = 1 km
1 cm = 0.5 km 1: 1:

3. Homework check – chapter 4

4. Geographer’s Toolkit Learning Goals:
I can identify and use various types of maps, including general purpose, topographic, thematic and digital maps.
I can determine locations on a map using directions and compass bearings

5. Types of Maps General Purpose Maps
A map drawn to scale using symbols and colours to indicate major roads for transportation purposes
Often includes parks, hospitals, and tourist attractions
Can be both small scale (a country map) and large scale (a city map)

6. Types of Maps
General Purpose Map of the “Golden Horseshoe” (Niagara Falls to Clarington)

7. Types of Maps Topographic Maps
A map that indicates scale, using symbols and colours for both natural and human features on the Earth’s surface
Shows the Earth’s surface in great detail (large scale)
Depicts the height of land features (topography)
Often shows roads, settlements, vegetation cover, power lines, etc.

8. Types of Maps
Topographic Map of Blue Mountain (Collingwood)

9. Types of Maps Thematic Maps
A map that reveals the geographic patterns of statistical data
Are designed to display distributions over the Earth’s surface
Usually focuses on one theme or topic (e.g., population distribution)

10. Types of Maps
Thematic map showing electricity generating stations in Canada

11. Direction and Bearings
On a map, we assume north is ‘up’
Compass Points
On a compass (or compass rose), directions can be indicated.
To read a compass, begin at north; continue to east, south, and west (clockwise).

12. Direction and Bearings
Cardinal points on a compass are;
North (N), East (E), South (S), and west (W).

13. Direction and Bearings
Ordinal points on a compass are the points in between the cardinal points.
These points include;
Northeast (NE), Southeast (SE), Southwest (SW), and Northwest (NW).

14. Direction and Bearings
Third level points include;
North-northeast (NNE), East-northeast (ENE), East-southeast (ESE), South-southeast (SSE), South-southwest (SSW), West-southwest (WSW), West-northwest (WNW), North-northwest (NNW).

15. Angular bearings A compass rose is the shape of a circle.
A circle has 360 degrees.
As a result, a compass direction can be given a bearing or a number degree.
North is 0 degrees or 360 degrees. East is 90 degrees, South is 180 degrees, and West is 270 degrees.

16. Next direction (or is it ONE Direction?)
Compass rose.
Pilots test
Applied:
Chapter 3
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Academic
Chapter 3 DUE THURS. FEB 28th
Read
Define key terms
Answer, page 43 #1-5, 8