Maps+-+Different+Types

Your family may use many different kinds of maps such as: · a map of your local area · a tourist map for your holiday · a world map to find places mentioned in the news Believe it or not, we are also used to seeing physical maps, political maps, road and street maps, topographic maps, choropleth and synoptic maps.
 * Types of Maps **

The above is an example of a street directory of Melbourne || A **street directory **is used by motorists to find the location of streets and their names. An important part of the street directory map is the **alphanumeric ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">grid **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">, a set of letters and numbers <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">around the border. This is linked to <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">an index of street names and other <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">features within the street directory. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">things like traffic, trade and people <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">(migration). Usually different sized <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">lines are used to show <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">amount or volume. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">light shades of the same colour to <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">show a pattern. The darker shades <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">show ‘the most’ and the lighter <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">shades show ‘the least’ of something <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">such as the density or rainfall. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">tourist attractions, road <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">distances, street names and often <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">accommodation and service <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">stations. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Tourist maps **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">are not <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">as detailed as maps in a street <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">directory, but they serve a similar <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">function for people travelling long <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">distances. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">maps, are seen daily on our <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">television screens and in our <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">newspapers. These maps show the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">movement of weather systems <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">(pressure cells, fronts, winds). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">They show patterns of <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">temperature, rainfall and wind. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">They are also used to predict <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">rainfall and temperature for the <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">near future by tracking <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">approaching weather systems. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">height using contours. They also <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">show physical features such as <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">forests, rivers and lakes and <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">cultural features such as roads, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">railways and settlements. This <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">type of map is useful when <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">bushwalking, planning a route and <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">checking the steepness of slopes. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">These are summary maps of a <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">region. They are often used to <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">highlight a single feature or a <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">number of related features. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">represent one single <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">feature. When combined <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">on a map the dots show a <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">pattern of the feature. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Dot ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">maps **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">can also perform a <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">similar function to <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">choropleth maps, where a <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">range of different-sized <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">dots are used to show a <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">pattern. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">environment such as rivers, mountains, lakes <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">and coasts. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Description ** ||
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 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Flow maps **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">show the movement of
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Choropleth maps **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">use dark and
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">These maps show settlements,
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Synoptic maps **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">, or weather
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Topographic maps **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">show relief or
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Percis maps **
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">These maps use dots to
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial,Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Physical maps **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">show natural features of the