OS maps, symbols and scale

What four things are needed to make a good map?

• Title, Key, North arrow, Scale

• Scale, Symbols, North Arrow, Title

• North arrow, Symbols, Title, Key

• Symbols, Title, North arrow, blue lines

What does OS stand for?

• Original Scale

• Ordinance Survey

• Ordnance Survey

• Optional Scale

What is this symbol?

• Picnic site

• Camp site

• Shop

• Play area

What is this symbol?

• Solar panels

• Viewpoint

• Camp site

• Farm

Scale helps us to measure what?

Which of the following does not need to be included in a good map?

• Key

• North arrow

• Place names

• Scale bar

What is missing: North, South, West

Map symbols are characters, letters, or images used on a map to indicate some place, locations or features. All map symbols need a ___ that can most often be found at the bottom of an ordnance survey map

A map that is 1:50000 means the features are reduced/made smaller by how much?

• 5000

• 5500

• 55000

• 50000

A distance that is measured 'as the crow flies' means...

• a distance measured in a straight line

• a distance measured in the air

• a distance that follows all one way systems and paths