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= MAPS =

ALL ABOUT  MAPS

The title tells What a map shows, A map's title gives us our first clue about its content. It usually describes the area shown on the map. It also identifies the map's main topic. Like if the title would say Africa it would only be Africa on the map and it  will only show Africa and that’s it.

LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE

Image result for longitude and latitude map If you take a look at a map or globe of the world, you may notice lines running east-west and north-south. The lines run east-west are known as lines of latitude. The lines running north-south are known as lines of longitude. And they use these lines and they have numbers right beside them to know where your location is like north 32 and west 41 They also use time like seconds in minutes and hours but that’s a little bit more skilled I’ll stick to the normal way.

COMPASS ROSE

A compass rose is meant on a map to know where north, south, east, west is. Sometimes on a compass rose the direction you may be going is not always straight north south east or west but people Let’s say that it’s stuck in between south and east it would be called east-south or south-east.

LEGEND

a legend defines the symbols or colors used on the map. Maps do not need legends if the symbology is so common or simple as to be easily understood by the reader. However, it must be clear what each marker or line type, weight and pattern represents. But that doesn't happen a lot.