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What explains what the lines symbols and colors use on a map mean?
The part of the map that explains the symbols used thereon is called the "legend".
What is the purpose of a map key or a 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.
What does a legend of a map tell you?
nothing
Why do we use the map symbols?
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.
What would you check in a map for information about the symbols used?
Such information is usually printed somewhere on the map and is known as the map's legend.
How do you use a map lengend?
You use the legend to read the map.
What can you use a map legend for?
Decipher map keys
What would you use to tell a map reader what your map is about?
A heading and a legend
What would you need to use to tell a map reader what your map is about?
A heading and a legend.
What do you use to find out the meanings of symbols on a map?
A legend.
What so you use to tell distance on a map?
the legend
What do you use to find out the distance from one place to another on a map?
A protractor, and the legend of the map.
What is another name for a map legend?
Another name for a map legend is key.
What tells you what symbols on a map represent?
The key of the map explains all the symbols used on the map.
How do you create a key for your map?
To create a key for your map, you can add a legend that explains the symbols or colors on the map and what they represent. This legend should be placed on the map next to the elements it represents. Be sure to use clear and concise language in your legend to help map readers easily understand the information being conveyed.
What is a legend in map making?
A map's legend shows what symbols and their meaning is used on the map.
What is map legend?
Map lengend is Topographic map and most other maps that have a legend.
