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Topographic Map Basics
Topographic Map Basics
OS Map Basics
OS Map Basics
How to Read a Topo Map
(REI 3:47)
How to Read Hiking Maps
from the Bruce Trail Conservancy (PDF)How to Read a 6-figure Grid Reference
(Darron Gedge 6:07)
OS Map Skills - Activities & Links (GeographyPods)
Choosing the right OS Map (1:15)
4-figure Grid References (1:55)
OS Map Symbols (0:55)
6-figure Grid References (2:06)
Contour Lines (1:14)
Understanding magnetic North (1:17)
Topo Maps Online: Canada, UK, USA
Topo Maps Online: Canada, UK, USA
Canada Topo Maps
Canada Topo Maps
Toporama: Online Topographic Maps for Canada:
NRCanada: Topographic Maps: The Basics (PDF)
Activity: Reading Topographic Maps (PDF 11x17"/Tabloid)
UK: OS Maps
UK: OS Maps
Online (7-day free trial or smaller scale)
MapZone: Maps Skills for England and Wales (KS 2 & 3)
US Topo Maps
US Topo Maps
US Topographic Maps Download Site
→ How to Download from GIS Geography
Skills from the USGS (PDF)
Canada: example Toporama maps + gEarth links
Note: Primary Links are to Toporama; gEarth is for Google Earth Web; KML is for downloading and opening in Google Earth DesktopCanada: example Toporama maps + gEarth links
meandering river, flooding, river bluffs, urban, city, suburban sprawl, rural, prairie, agriculture, irrigationgEarth
Riding Mountain National Park, MB
national park, wetlands, forests, agriculture, rural, resource conflicts, island biogeography, wildlife, recreationgEarth
northern town, urban, rural, gold mining, open cast, containment ponds, forests, Canadian ShieldgEarth
agricultural town, rural-urban fringe, Great Lakes Lowlands, orchards, vineyards, Niagara Escarpment, highwaysgEarth
major city, metropolitan area, urban, provincial capital, grid pattern, neighbourhoods, CMA, built-up area, waterfront, transportation, CBDgEarth
St. Lawrence Lowlands, Monteregian Hills, rural-urban fringe, agriculture, volcanic, seigneurial system, historic land use patterns – gEarth
forestry, clearcut logging, forest regeneration, rural – gEarth
tourism, coastal, rural, lowlands, agriculture, beach, sand spit, national park – gEarth
Margaree Valley, Cape Breton, NS
Appalachian Highlands, rural, tablelands, mature river, young river, port – gEarth
Arctic tundra, northern mine, kimberlite, remote, wilderness – gEarth
northern community, Arctic, remote, territorial capital - gEarth
Arctic, wilderness, alpine glaciers, braided river, mountains, remote – gEarth
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