| Map Skills |
| Mapping the Earth |
| | The Secret Life of Maps
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| | An incredible site from the British Museum that explores how and why maps are made! |
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| | Maps and More Maps!
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| | An incredible site with dozens of tutorials and activities for students looking to learn about maps and map reading! |
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| | Zoom Into Maps
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| | A great online exploration from the Library of Congress! What are maps and what do they do? What common characteristics do they have? Find out in this interactive feature on historical maps. |
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| | Types of Maps
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| | Great lessons on: What is a map, Different Types of Maps, Reading a Globe, Topographic Map Lab, Geographic Information Systems
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| | Maps as Tools
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| | Great lessons on: What is a Landform, Interpreting and Creating Landforms, and much more! |
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| | Topographic Maps - USGS
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| | From the US Geological Survey, a great set of pages to learn about topographic maps, contours and symbols!. |
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| | Maps - National Geographic
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| | Use the Map Machine to find a map of any world region! |
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| | Maps and Globes
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| | This website has been designed to help you learn and review various basic concepts about maps and globes. Click on a section to learn about The Earth,
Water Forms,
Land Forms,
Climate,
Time,
Maps. |
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| | Latitutde, Longitude, and Topographic Maps
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| | From the New York Regents Exam Prep site, an overview of several key mapping concepts, plus a quiz! |
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| | How to Read Topographical Maps
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| | This great site has a well-illustrated, step-by-step tutorial for reading topographical maps! |
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| | Mapping - Regents Prep
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| | A great guide to Latitude & Longitude, and Topographic Maps! |
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| | Round Earth - Flat Maps
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| | Those lines and colors, so clear and confident on the final product, reflect a host of difficult choices and compromises. Encounter the options available to our cartographers and the tools that help them face the challenge of portraying a round Earth on flat maps. |
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| | US and World Map Collections
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| | From the Library of Congress, collections of hundreds of maps from 1500-2002! |
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| | Topographic Map Reading Tips
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| | A great guide on reading topographical maps - from symbols, to scale, to orientation - and more! |
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| | Mapmaker - Make Me a Map!
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| | A lighthearted guide to the basics of mapmaking and map reading! |
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| | Mathematics of Cartography
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| | Learn about maps, the history of mapmaking, and the use of math when reading maps. |
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| | Introduction to Scale
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| | An illustrated site that explores how map scales work. |
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| | One Place - Many Scales
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| | A great visualization of the earth, viewed from multiple scales! |
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| | Longitude and Latitude
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| | A great series of illustrated tutorials! Lines of latitude and longitude form an imaginary grid over the entire Earth's surface. They allow you to describe where anything is easily and accurately. Check out this site to learn about latitude and longitude. |
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| | Imaging the Earth
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| | A great look at modern imaging and mapping techniques. |
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| | How Satellites Work
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| | A great site from NASA and the Gulf of Maine Aquarium that explores the inner workings of mapping and weather satellites. |
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