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Maps and Mapwork

1. Compass Directions
1. What are the four main cardinal directions?
Your answer:
One way to remember the order of the four main compass directions is to make up a
rhyme e.g. naughty elephants squirt water
2. What rhyme would you use to help you remember these directions?
Your answer:
3. What are the eight main compass directions?
Your answer:
4. What are the sixteen compass directions?
Your answer:
5. Look at the simple map below. What direction must Philip go to get to
the following places in the table?
What direction is it from: Your answer

Philip to the factory
Philip to School
Philip to the Football Ground
Philip to Saras House
School to the football ground
Saras house to the factory
Football ground to the factory
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Scale:
A ratio scale tells us what 1cm represents in centimetres eg

1:100,000 means 1cm represents 100,000 centimetres. When
converting from ratio scale to metres you take off the last 2
zeros
eg 1: 100,000 becomes 1000 metres. And vice versa when
converting from metres to ratio add 2 zeros eg 500 metres
becomes 1:50,000
Fill in the blanks below

Ratio scales Sentence scale ___ kilometres
1: 200,000 1 centimetre represents 2000m km
1: 100,000 1 _______________________ 1 km
1: 75,000 1 _______________________ 0.75 km
1: 50,000 1 centimetre represents 500m ______
1: 25,000 _________________________ 0.25 km
1: 10,000 _________________________ ______
1: 5000 _________________________ 0.05 km
1: 1000 _________________________ ______
Maps drawn on progressively smaller scales increase the area of

the earth that can be shown, but reduce the amount of detail that
can be included. Maps drawn on progressively larger scales
decrease the area that can be shown but enable more detail to be
shown. This means, for example, that a map drawn to a scale of
1:20,000 covers a smaller area of the earths surface but shows
much more detail than a map drawn to a scale of 1:100,000.
Because the scale of a map shows the relationship between
distances on the map and distances on the ground it can be used
to calculate distances and areas.
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N
Church shop
school
Post
office
Fish and chips
Find the bearings listed below:
1. The bearing from the Post Office to the shop.

2. The bearing from the Fish and Chips to the Church.
3. The bearing from the school to the shop.
4. The bearing from the shop to the Post Office.
5. The bearing from the Church to the shop.
6. The bearing from the Fish and Chips to the Post Office.
If you know that 1 cm on the map is the same as 1 km in real life.

Find the distances listed below:
1. The distance from the Post Office to the Fish and Chips.
2. The distance from the School to the Post Office.
3. The distance from the Shop to the Church.
4. The distance from the Church to the Post Office.
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Where is it? Finding Grid References
An area reference (AR) is a 4 digit number which tells

us the general location of something on a map using the
northings (numbers increase towards north) and
eastings (numbers increase towards east)
Eg. AR 2346
easting northing
A grid reference (GR) is a 6 digit number a

coordinate which pinpoints the location of a feature on
a map.
To get the third digit required for each coordinate in a

GR we divide up each easting and northing into tenths.
Eg. AR 23_ 46_

easting northing
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Area Reference/ Grid Reference
28
Y
27
Z
26
X
25
24
W
23
87 88 89 90 91
What is the Area Reference of:

W- X-
Y- Z-
What is the Grid Reference of:
W- X-
Y- Z-
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Understanding Contour Lines
A contour line is a line on a map that joins places that are the same height above sea
level. Things you should know about contour lines are shown below.
Because the surface of the earth

A contour line usually has goes up and down, each contour
numbers printed on it. These line is usually a different height to
tell us the height of the land the one next to it
along that line.
Contour lines
always go up or
down by the same
amount each time.
The difference in
height between
one line and the
next is known as
the contour
interval
Contour Interval 50m

The places on
different contour
lines will be
different heights The contour interval may be shown
above sea level in words at the bottom of the map
A place that is halfway

between one contour
line and the next will Follow a contour line around the map
probably have a height to find out its height, or work out its
that is about halfway height by looking at the heights printed
between the heights on the lines above and below it.
shown on the contour
lines above and below it.
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(Students always like to correct a teacher: Find the
mistakes below, correct them and rewrite on your own
paper)
Scale:
There are a couple of ways to express scale.
1. Representative ratios
2. Sentence statement
The rule of thumb for converting ratio scale into metres is

to add 2 zeros
The rule of thumb for converting metres into ratio scale is
to take away 2 zeros.
BOLTS:
Stands for Boarder, Orientation, Length, Title and Source
Bearings:
Steps for finding a bearing
1. Put the midpoint over the place you are measuring
from
2. Make sure that 180 degrees is facing south
3. Read it in an anticlockwise direction
Area References:
Are 6 figures references and given as northings before
eastings
Grid References:
Are 4 figures references and given as northings before
eastings
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THE BASICS WEATHER MAPS
Code Breaker
Code Name What is it? Code Breaker

Joins together Closer lines = strong
1016
Isobars areas of same air wind and rough seas
1018 pressure Far apart lines =
calm weather and
less wind
Low Isobar numbers Cooler weather with

Pressure decrease (get rain, winds rotate
System lower) towards clockwise and air
L
the centre rises
High Isobar number Fine weather, wind

Pressure increase (get rotate in anti-
H System higher) towards clockwise direction
the centre and are gently
descending
Tropical Isobar numbers Strong winds in a

L Cyclone are decreasing clockwise direction.
rapidly and are Rain and strong
very close winds surround a
together calm centre
Cold air Fall in temperature,
Cold Front overtakes warm rain. The front
air and forces moves in the
the lighter warm direction of the
air to rise arrow heads
Warm air Temperature rise,
Warm catches up with sometimes light
Front a pocket of cold rain. Very RARE in
air and is pushed Southern Australia
up
Rainfall in How much
past 24 rainfall has fallen n/a
hours in the area over
the past 24
hours
On a weather map wind direction is indicated by the direction of the

arrow from the place in question.
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Wind speed is indicated by feathers on the end of an arrow (unless
other values are given in legend)
No wind or calm conditions is indicated by the following dot
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Wind
Reading wind direction from a map with arrows already marked.
Always label the wind from the direction that the wind is coming
from
Ie.
N
1. is a south-westerly NOT a north-

W easterly (it comesE from the south west)
wind S
2.W E is a northerly NOT a southerly

(it comes from the south)
wind
S
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Weather Map Revision Map 22
1. Name one location on map 22 where a high pressure system is present.
2. Name one location on map 22 where a low pressure system is present.
3. Estimate the air pressures at the following locations?

a. Alice Springs
b. Townsville
4. Complete the following table
Location Wind Speed Wind Direction
Alice Springs
Brisbane
Sydney
5. Name two centres on the map that are experiencing calm conditions.
a.
b.
6. A cold front is approaching Perth and the South West Coast. Explain why
a cold front will often cause rain.
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Weather Map revision Map 23
1. Name one location on map 23 where a high pressure system is

present.
2. Name one location on map 23 where a low pressure system is

present.
3. Estimate the air pressures at the following locations?

a. Kalgoorlie
b. Forrest
c. Rockhampton
4. Complete the following table
Location Wind Speed Wind Direction
Townsville
Willis Island
Tennant Creek
5. Name one centre on the map that is experiencing calm conditions.
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What direction has the wind come from?
Work out where these winds are blowing from and their speed.
Write each winds direction and speed next to its letter.
Symbol Direction Speed
A. Blowing from the east
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
Which wind is the strongest?...........

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Which wind is the weakest?...........

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Maps and Mapwork

1. What are the four main cardinal directions?

3. What are the eight main compass directions?

4. What are the sixteen compass directions?

What direction is it from: Your answer

A ratio scale tells us what 1cm represents in centimetres eg

Fill in the blanks below

Maps drawn on progressively smaller scales increase the area of

Fish and chips

Find the bearings listed below:

1. The bearing from the Post Office to the shop.

If you know that 1 cm on the map is the same as 1 km in real life.

An area reference (AR) is a 4 digit number which tells

A grid reference (GR) is a 6 digit number a

To get the third digit required for each coordinate in a

Eg. AR 23_ 46_

What is the Area Reference of:

Because the surface of the earth

Contour Interval 50m

A place that is halfway

The rule of thumb for converting ratio scale into metres is

Code Name What is it? Code Breaker

Low Isobar numbers Cooler weather with

High Isobar number Fine weather, wind

Tropical Isobar numbers Strong winds in a

On a weather map wind direction is indicated by the direction of the

No wind or calm conditions is indicated by the following dot

Reading wind direction from a map with arrows already marked.

1. is a south-westerly NOT a north-

2.W E is a northerly NOT a southerly

1. Name one location on map 22 where a high pressure system is present.

2. Name one location on map 22 where a low pressure system is present.

3. Estimate the air pressures at the following locations?

4. Complete the following table

Location Wind Speed Wind Direction

1. Name one location on map 23 where a high pressure system is

2. Name one location on map 23 where a low pressure system is

3. Estimate the air pressures at the following locations?

4. Complete the following table

Location Wind Speed Wind Direction

5. Name one centre on the map that is experiencing calm conditions.

Write each winds direction and speed next to its letter.

Symbol Direction Speed

A. Blowing from the east

Which wind is the strongest?...........

Which wind is the weakest?...........

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