Table of Contents

What is a map?     6
How are maps used?     8
Scale     10
Distance     12
Grids     14
Height     16
Symbols     18
Making landscape maps     20
Finding the way     22
Mapping data     24
Weather maps     26
Pictorial maps     28
What is GIS?     30
How is GIS used?     32
Mapping change     34
Latitude and longitude     36
Explaining a round world     38
Round earth, flat maps     40
Where in the world?     42
Glossary     44
Web sites     45
Index     46