Maps & Mapping

6 interactive Geography simulations on maps & mapping.

Thematic maps – choropleth, dot, isoline, class breaks and scale Geography · Maps & Mapping One census of a fictional continent (population density, unemployment rate and daily commuters) can be drawn as a... Ages 15–16
2D + 3D Contour lines and cross-sections – reading a topographic map in 2D and 3D Geography · Maps & Mapping A computer-generated landscape 4 km × 2.5 km (hills, a saddle, a valley, a ridge, a cliff) is drawn as a topographic... Ages 11–12
GIS layers and remote sensing – overlay, buffers, NDVI and change detection Geography · Maps & Mapping A fictional 12 km × 8 km river valley with synthetic data: switch on and overlay layers for an aerial image, relief... Ages 15–16
Map projections – cylindrical, conic, azimuthal and distortion Geography · Maps & Mapping Earth's curved surface is flattened using three projections: the normal cylindrical (preserves angles and shapes but... Ages 15–16
Map scale and geographic coordinates – measuring distance on a map Geography · Maps & Mapping A hand-drawn map (river, road, village, school, lake, hill) with a latitude–longitude grid and a scale bar. Students... Ages 11–12
3D Latitude, longitude and great circles – coordinates and the shortest flight route on a 3D globe Geography · Maps & Mapping A 3D globe with a latitude–longitude grid, the Equator, the prime meridian, both tropics and both polar circles,... Ages 15–16