scienceday2014



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scienceday2014

Slides for science day 2014 at the South Whidbey Schools (1st and 3rd graders) talking about Maps

On Github aaronr / scienceday2014

Maps!

Many types of maps

Maps are everywhere

Mapping is fun

Mapping can be your job

Map Basics

Orientation

North, South, East, West

Latitude - Longitude

Scale

Use a ruler

to calculate distance

We like North Up

Flatten the globe

Look how BIG things really are!

Maps are layers

Types of Data

Raster and Vector

Raster - Images

"Mega Pixels"

4608 X 3456 = 15,925,248

16 million pixels!

Minecraft Aaron!

Vector - Shapes

Shapes, Shapes, Shapes

Combine to make maps!

Common map

is a Topographic map

QUIZ!

Quadcopter

Quad means it has 4 blades