Maps

Today in class, we talked about maps. We looked at 3 maps, A, B, and C. Map C is a type of map called a Peters Map which gives you the right size of each continent unlike Map B. May B is a certain type of map called a Mercator Map. The Mercator Map has the correct description and the exact latitude and longitudinal location. Mexico on Map C is more realistic than map B because it's a more accurate size. If you turned Map C upside down, then it will be the exact same than if you kept it right side up. The only difference is that Australia would be in the upper left corner, and the U.S would be in the bottom right corner. In Map A, the shallow water is lighter than the deeper water because the ocean is darker than the lakes. Below are some differences between the three maps.

Map A:

• map of the United States
• interstate highways
• mountains
• oceans
• scale

Map B:

• Map of the world sized incorrectly
• Oceans
• Compass rose
• Mountains
• All of Greenland
• Mercator Map
• Grid Line

Map C:

• The world sized correctly
• oceans
• Part of Greenland
• Grid Line
• mountains
• Laminated
• Peters Map