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How to Think Like a Mapmaker

How to Think Like a Mapmaker. Using Symbols to Make Your Points. Which One Is a Symbol?. A. B. It Depends on How You Use It. Road Symbol. Route 66. Ornamental Pattern. Topographical Map Symbols. Topographical Map Symbols--Variations. Mountain range. City or village. Swamp. Forest.

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How to Think Like a Mapmaker

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  1. How to Think Like a Mapmaker Using Symbols to Make Your Points

  2. Which One Is a Symbol? A. B.

  3. It Depends on How You Use It Road Symbol Route 66 Ornamental Pattern

  4. Topographical Map Symbols

  5. Topographical Map Symbols--Variations Mountain range City or village Swamp Forest

  6. Some Military Map Symbols Troop movements Battle site Radar stations Forts

  7. Maps withTopographical Features: “Fantasy”

  8. Maps withTopographical Features: “Reality”

  9. “Topo” Sketch Map of Bull Run

  10. Adding the 4th Dimension: Time Maps are often used to show changes that occur in a particular area over time, especially when politics are involved…

  11. “The Growth of Prussia into the German Empire”

  12. Other Map Symbols What might be the theme of a map that uses these symbols?

  13. Miyama: A Japanese Village of Ceramicists

  14. Babylonian Map (about 700-500 BC) Cuneiform text Tigris and Euphrates Graphic representation Babylon

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