A map key
the key or legend
The map key or legend helps map readers understand the relative distances, features, and sites printed on the map.When you open a map, you can usually find the legend near a corner. The legend identifies the symbols used on the map, the distance bars and the caveats that the map makers included in the map.
Every map has different symbols and meanings to represent a feature. The legend at the bottom of every map has the symbols and their meanings.
Symbols are small, well, symbols that are ON the map. The Key is off to the side, and tells you what the symbols mean.
Map symbols take up less space than writing. Writing may cover important detail on a map. Map symbols are printed in a legend at the side of the map.
the key or legend
Symbols on a map are typically identified through a map legend or key. The legend explains what each symbol or color on the map represents, helping users to interpret the information accurately. Symbols can depict features such as roads, rivers, parks, and landmarks.
The key on a map identifies symbols that are used on that map, for example, different maps may use a different symbol to highlight a hospital's location, so each map has a key - or a legend - to explain it's symbols. For example:an airplane for an airport.
The map key or legend helps map readers understand the relative distances, features, and sites printed on the map.When you open a map, you can usually find the legend near a corner. The legend identifies the symbols used on the map, the distance bars and the caveats that the map makers included in the map.
The letter "D" identifies the location of the Aztec civilization on the map.
The map key gives one information about the symbols on a map.
symbols
True. The projection note for any map sheet identifies the projection system used on the map sheet.
Collectively, the symbols, with their meanings, on a map are called a 'legend'.
The key tells u wat the symbols mean on a map
Every map has different symbols and meanings to represent a feature. The legend at the bottom of every map has the symbols and their meanings.
Symbols are small, well, symbols that are ON the map. The Key is off to the side, and tells you what the symbols mean.