Navigation: Crossing the World with Tile Maps

by Alan Page

We are used to seeing the world as a globe. But distances along curved surfaces are not easy to visualise, and navigation between two places on the globe is not just a case of drawing a straight line. So how does it work? This book provides a unique way to make a globe through 12 Tile Maps, maps that take sections of the world and make them flat but carefully connected. Using tools provided readers can answer the quizzes about the shortest routes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913565157
• ISBN13: 9781913565152
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Tarquin Group
• Length: 32 Pages
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2 and higher