Maps and their Meanings

Produce a map that is relevant to you and

your life.

Share your maps and the process you

followed in the creation of the map with the

other members of your group

Given the maps you have produced, how would you define the

noun ‘map’?Come to a consensus within your group.

Definitions

A drawing or other representation of the earth's surface or a part of it made on a flat surface, showing the distribution of physical or geographical features (and often also including socio-economic, political, agricultural, meteorological, etc., information), with each point in the representation corresponding to an actual geographical position according to a fixed scale or projection; a similar representation of the positions of stars in the sky, the surface of a planet, or the like. Also: a plan of the form or layout of something, as a route, a building, etc. (OED)

World Map

Definitions

An abstraction of the real world that is used to depict, analyze, store, and communicate spatially organized information about physical and cultural phenomena. Dictionary of Physical Geography at geography-dictionary.org

Polynesian Stick Chart

Definitions

'graphic representations that facilitate a spatial understanding of things, concepts, conditions, processes or events in the human world' From Harley and Woodward, The History of Cartography (1987)

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The Subjectivity of Maps

The Subjectivity of Maps

The British Empire at its Greatest Extent

The Subjectivity of Maps

Satellite Maps– Objective?

Map as Text