Mapping Websites online l Mapping Activities l Infomapper

Create your own message using buildings!

Map Work Use Multimap find the area being studied using the postcode or name of settlement. Look at aerial photographs and identify roads and amenities with the help of the map overlay tool. Plan routes using the map www.multimap.com

streetmap.co.uk	old-maps.co.uk	Get a map (OS)

ordnancesurvey.co.uk	worldatlas.com	mapzone. ordnancesurvey.co.uk

mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk hosts GIS Zone, which features a series of role-play missions to help youngsters understand and enjoy working with digital map data. Pupils can try their hand at stopping flood waters rising, learn how to manage a farm, and decide where to site wind turbines. The real-life scenarios show how vital GIS is in the modern world.

Window Live Local	maps.google.co.uk

Quikmaps.com
A web based tool which enables pupils to annotate maps for their work.
Using Quikmaps you can add your own labels and symbols to maps generated by Google Maps. You can then print the map off, put it on your school website or export the information into Google Earth. You can even add photographs to your maps too, although this is not as straight forward. See our example of buildings in Tonbridge. http://www.quikmaps.com/full/20868
Other examples:
Tom Barrett - ICT in my Classroom
Juicy Geography

Satellite Images

The latest satellite image of Europe's weather

Live World temperature and cloud cover - University of Wisconsin-Madison

Activities

How many countries do you know?

Identify geologic features from satellite images

Exploring Maps - Teaching Resources

What Can You See In A Satellite Image?
Learn about remote sensing and how satellite images are used to study Earth's surface. Visit www.nasm.si.edu and test your skills at interpreting a satellite image. Want to test yourself further? Geography From Space has fun quizzes that will take you around the world.

Magic Map An online activity where children read co-ordinates to put map symbols in the right place on an OS style map. Six or more levels of difficulty should keep children busy. Maps could be printed off for an independent activity. www.mape.org.uk

Mapping our World The free interactive website helps pupils explore the difference between a map and a globe, and how different map projections affect our perceptions of the world. The resource features nine engaging activities for whole class participation. There are three activities under each lesson plan. Pupils can flatten a globe into a map, transform a map into a globe, merge different projections, and explore why there are different ways of seeing the world.

Interactive Aerial Photographs
Three activities where children can answer questions about different types of settlement.
www.sln.org.uk

World Geography Quizzes (sheppardsoftware.com)	World Continents & Oceans Games (sheppardsoftware.com)	Mapzone.com Games