Types of Maps Teacher Resources

Use this informative site from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory about Nevada state maps. It contains several different types of maps that are accessible by clicking on the corresponding link.

Learn about the history of maps, what makes a map a map, and why bother with maps. Get answers to many different map questions and much more.

This website has a political and a physical map index.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How meteorologists create and read weather maps.

Discusses what maps and globes are, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and key vocabulary. [8:48]

This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...

Examples of over 300 differnt types of maps, flow charts, and graphs. Emphasis is placed on the artistic and aesthetic qualities of the maps' visual components.

A map from 1911 of South America showing the distribution of vegetation types. The map is color-coded to show regions of forests, regions of woodlands, grass, and cultivation, regions of steppes and prairies, desert regions, and regions...