Reading Maps

by Cynthia Kennedy Henzel

With easy-to-read text and full-color photos, this book introduces readers to the work of a cartographer through several major geographical concepts, including latitude and longitude, projection, scale, and orientation. Readers will become familiar with reading a compass rose and a map legend, as well as learn how to understand a map's purpose by its title. The book also discusses the different elements used in reference maps and thematic maps, teaching...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599289539
• ISBN13: 9781599289533
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Checkerboard Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.1" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6