If this is the first time you are joining the Map Reading series, you should start from the first post. Last time we covered symbols on a topographic map and I mentioned contour lines as a symbols on the map, but they are much much more than that. Contour lines are the heart of a […]
Map reading – what is a topographic map
The word map comes from mappa mundi (Latin for “sheet of the world”) and it can best described as a flat diagram of a pre-determined area. There are many kinds of maps and they are almost always drawn from above, but essentially they all require basic features: 1. Scale – the ratio between an object […]