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The Varieties and Uses of Maps

The Varieties and Uses of Maps. By: Mac Chapin. Unit: M07U03. Types of maps and their uses. Navigation (countryside or cities) Political maps showing borders Distribution of vegetation, rainfall, agricultural exploitation, population density or ethnic groups

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The Varieties and Uses of Maps

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  1. The Varieties and Uses of Maps By: Mac Chapin Unit: M07U03

  2. Types of maps and their uses • Navigation (countryside or cities) • Political maps showing borders • Distribution of vegetation, rainfall, agricultural exploitation, population density or ethnic groups • Protected areas and buffer zones • Deforestation • Mining and petroleum operations • Areas of conflict and civil war

  3. Representation of the world

  4. National boundaries

  5. Provincial boundaries

  6. Road map

  7. Forest cover

  8. Protected areas

  9. European claims in Africa

  10. Concessions

  11. Logging

  12. Deforestation

  13. Aboriginal Australia

  14. Linguistic map

  15. Map of Guatemala and Belize

  16. Indigenous people and the environment

  17. Kuna map

  18. Kuna sector map

  19. New Guinea map

  20. Community map

  21. Land-use map

  22. Conclusion • Maps have many uses • Maps used to be exclusive to elites • Maps are increasingly used by indigenous people to defend their rights

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