What Are P/R Maps?
Information that is included in reference maps.
The reason we use P/R maps
What is understanding the geography of an area?
What blue is used for
Oceans, rivers, seas, lakes, and gulfs on the map
Color for bodies of water
What is blue
The name of a map maker
What is a cartographer?
What these maps can be used for
Hiking or planning outdoor activities.
What these maps do
Provide a clear and detailed representation of the physical features and sometimes elevation of a particular area or region
What the labels are for
Different features like mountain ranges, and bodies of water
The colors for landforms like mountains, hills, and plateaus
Green or brown
What the green and brown are for
Represent lands and mountains
3 things that are displayed on a reference map
Country names, urban areas, transportation routes.
How we can use P/R maps
What is navigation, planning, landforms, boundaries, distance, studying geographic reason?
The cartographers use symbols on maps to represent...
Features like cities, capital cities, boundaries etc
What the contour lines are for
show the hight and shape of the land
What the legend is for
Tells people what different colors and symbols mean on the map
Explains what a reference map is
What is a map that accurately displays general information about geographic locations?
Jobs that use P/R
Cartographer, urban planner, construction manager, park ranger, surveyor, emergency responders
What the different shades of gray is for
Color darkens or lightens depending on elevation point
What the scale bar is for
Shows the relationship between the map distance and real life distance
What the satellite and Aerial photography are for
Help capture details like mountains, rivers, forests, and urban areas
What do these maps do.
Provide a clear depiction of the physical landscape
When these maps were first created
6th century BCE
Dark gray color is used for this
When it has lower elevation (closer it is to sea level)
What the boundary lines are for
Mark political borders
ex. countries or provinces/states
What Lidar is used for
Camera that shoots out little Lazer beams capture distance and help create 3D models