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Click on the Web icon in the Activity Resources area above and select the Multimap website.
Enter your school postcode and location.
The software allows you to change the scale.
Click on the Image icon to view ‘Map 1’ which is an example of the type of map you should be able to obtain.
Enlarge your map if necessary by moving the zoom scale bar. You may need to do this several times, until you can see the road in which your school is located.
You should have now have a map similar to ‘Map 2’.
Consider how might you use this as a resource in your teaching and make notes in your online Notebook.
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‘Excuse me, but how do I get to Inverness …?’
‘… A well, now, if I was going to Inverness I would not have started from here!’
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If I am here, and you are there where are you?
That’s easy – I’m here!
We have all participated in this kind of conversation at some time or another. The use of mobile phones appears to encourage such a dialogue. Eventually the caller describes the surroundings, uses a landmark, a building, a road, or some other distinguishing feature. Some kind of map becomes essential after a while.
The importance of being able to use and understand maps cannot be overstated, whether we are trying to find one classroom in a large school or the way from Cardiff to Oxford. Most news items in newspapers or on television provide maps to help us find locations easily. Today digital mapping and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) make available up-to-date highly detailed information about most parts of the world.
How familiar are you with using a simple online mapping system? They are very easy to use.
Now try Activity 1 and find out!
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