2. • When used together, maps and photos
can give us a very good idea of what an
area is like. The map may show us the
overall pattern of the area and the photo
provides the added detail.
3. Types of Photos
• Photos may be oblique aerial photos –
taken from the air but at an angle.
• An ordinary view or distance shot.
• A satellite image.
4. Comparing maps and photos
• You must orientate you photo with your
map.
• Look for the main features on the photo
and then find them on the map. (Use
things with interesting or unusual shapes
like roads, coastlines, large buildings etc.
5. To link a map and a photo
Decide which direction the photographer
was facing by:
1. Choose a clear feature that you can
locate on both the map and the photo.
2. Locate another feature then move
(orientate) the photo so it lines up with
the same features on the map.
6. Describing Photos – Stick to what
they ask you for
Double check how the question is worded.
For example,
If they ask you to ‘list the factors that attract tourists to
honeypot locations’ then they want you to include everything
you know.
However, if the question states ‘The photo shows a
honeypot. List three factors that would attract you to this
location’. Then they only want you to list things you can see
in the photo.
Remember to look for both physical geography features as
well as human geography ones.
7. Practise
• A good place to see how photos and maps
relate together is to use the Multimap
website www.multimap.com Where you
can overlay maps over aerial photos.
• Google Earth is another such useful site.
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