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Geographers use a variety of tools to help them study the world. These tools include all sorts of different maps. Topographic maps are one type of map that geographers use.
Topographic maps are maps which have been overlaid with a grid.
As “Junior Geographers” one of the most important tools we will need to use is a topographic map. But… how do we use topographic maps? What can we do with topographic maps?
Topographic maps are maps which have been overlaid with a grid.
As “Junior Geographers” one of the most important tools we will need to use is a topographic map. But… how do we use topographic maps? What can we do with topographic maps?
- We can find out the distance from one place to another
- We can work out the direction from one place to another
- We can use scale on the map
- We can find places using the grid on the map and area reference
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