Madeline Tyler - Mapping People

Published in 2020 by KidHaven Publishing, an Imprint of Greenhaven Publishing, LLC

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Written by: Madeline Tyler

Edited by: Kirsty Holmes

Designed by: Drue Rintoul

Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Tyler, Madeline.

Title: Mapping people / Madeline Tyler.

Description: New York: KidHaven Publishing, 2020. | Series: Maps and mapping | Includes glossary and index.

Identifiers: ISBN 9781534531116 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781534530225 (library bound) | ISBN 9781534531529 (6 pack) | ISBN 9781534531055 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Human geography--Juvenile literature. | Population--Juvenile literature. | Maps--Juvenile literature.

| Map reading--Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC GF48.T95 2020 | DDC 300.223--dc23

Image Credits

All images are courtesy of Randy Miramontez, Wachiwit, Patricia Hofmeester, Gervasio S. _ Eureka_89, NEstudio, Lasse Hendriks. 30 george studio, Fotografiche.

Printed in the United States of America

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CONTENTS

WHAT ARE MAPS FOR?

What Is a Map?

Maps are of the landscape, like mountains and rivers. Other maps show where buildings and roads are. Some maps only show specific things, like amusement park maps, which are for visitors to find their way around the park and plan their day.

With this map, a visitor can see where all the rides and roller coasters are and how to get to each one.

CHOOSING WHAT TO MAP

A mapmaker, called a cartographer, often cant put all parts of an area on a map. Because some things are left out, or simplified, a map doesnt always look exactly like a place. It is a drawing instead of a photo. Maps are useful to see certain features, , people, vegetation, or animals. The finished map can show some of these things clearly, but cant show everything, so they have to choose what is important.

This map of Africa only shows some natural features, like vegetation, and not towns or cities.

BY NOT INCLUDING OTHER INFORMATION, THE MAP OF AFRICA IS EASIER TO READ.

GEOGRAPHIC MAPS

There are different maps for different purposes. Some are: road or street maps for planning journeys; climatic maps that show typical weather of a region depending on the season; weather maps, which let people know what the weather will be like in the near future such as today or tomorrow; political maps that highlight the size of countries and where the borders are; and terrain maps, which trace the ups and downs of the land.

This is a map of the main roads between cities in the United States. Drivers can then use this map to plan the roads theyll need to travel from one city to another.

Non-Geographic Maps

There are even maps of objects and other things that arent on the surface of the Earth. There are maps of space, such as solar system maps. There are tree maps that show the order that things happened and how they are linked. For example, a family tree is an easy way to see how everyone in a family is related. Mind maps are ways to come up with ideas that are linked to one main topic.

This is a map of our solar system.

Different topics can be drawn as mind maps.