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1 How to Think Like a Mapmaker Using Symbols to Make Your Points

2 Which One Is a Symbol? A. B.

3 It Depends on How You Use It Ornamental Pattern Route 66 Road Symbol

4 Topographical Map Symbols

5 Topographical Map Symbols-- Variations Mountain range City or village Swamp Forest

6 Some Military Map Symbols Troop movements Battle site Radar stations Forts

7 Maps withTopographical Features: “Fantasy”

8 Maps withTopographical Features: “Reality”

9 “Topo” Sketch Map of Bull Run

10 Adding the 4th Dimension: Time Maps are often used to show changes that occur in a particular area over time, especially when politics are involved…

11 “The Growth of Prussia into the German Empire”

12 Other Map Symbols What might be the theme of a map that uses these symbols?

13 Miyama: A Japanese Village of Ceramicists

14 Babylonian Map (about 700-500 BC) Cuneiform text Graphic representation Babylon Tigris and Euphrates


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