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Mapping our Globe - Links & Further Reading
This page offers a selection of links to useful mapping websites, suppliers and journal articles. If you would like to suggest a link, please get in touch.
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A PDF template of the Eckert IV projection, recommended in the National Curriculum, is available to download below:
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British Cartographic Society - good source of information about maps and mapmaking
GIS - information and links related to GIS
OS Education - mapzone for kids, resources, free maps
Anquet Maps - see landscapes and follow routes in 3D: downloadable to PC, pocket PC and Smart Phone
About: Geography - good source of outline/printable maps
National Geographic - printable continent/country maps
Graphic Maps - clip art images and outline maps, flags etc.
GeoResources outline maps
ODT - Although this commercial site plugs Peters map, it has views and commentary on some interesting projections
Cassini Maps - historical maps of England, Wales & Edinburgh which have been re-formatted to match OS Landrangers. You can also use the Cassini Mapmaker service to select any A4 or A3 area you want by town name or postcode.
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Here is a selection of age-based articles by the author of this text, David R Wright. A more detailed list of articles can be downloaded at the foot of the page.
FOR TEACHERS OF AGES 5-7
'Globe-trotters: taking Geography into the Third Dimension'. Child Education, June 2003, pp.48-49
FOR TEACHERS OF AGES 7-11
'Snip, Stretch & Squash the Globe'. Primary Geographer 48, Oct. 2002, pp.14-16
'Understanding our 3D globe'. Primary Geographer 53, Jan 2004, pp.40-42.
FOR TEACHERS OF AGES 11-18
'Questioning world maps'. Teaching Geography, 28, 4, Oct 2003, pp174-176
'Making sense of world maps'. Mapping News 27, (Ordnance Survey) Winter 2004, pp27-28
FOR READING BY STUDENTS AGE 16-18 / 18-21
'Three-dimensional Geography'. Geography Review, 17/3, January 2004, pp.18-20
'Making the round world flat'. Geography Review, 20/4, March 2007, pp24-27
FOR INTERNATIONAL READERSHIP (and for in-service courses etc)
'World maps in Geographical Education: a traditional yet radical agenda'. (Journal of) International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education Guest Editorial, 12/1, 2003, pages1-5.
Download a more detailed list of articles by the author.
NB - try searching for 'maps' on the GA website - you'll find a wealth of resources!
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