HOW MATHS & CARTOGRAPHY INTERACT

Naughty

Elephants

Squirt

Water

How far are you going to walk/travel?

Scale bars are an essential part of a map!!

Getting the round world onto a flat piece of paper is a mathematical masterpiece!

We want to see the WHOLE world on a postcard... there is some serious squuuuuuezing to do... It is all down to scale.

Did you know the world isn't round at all - its a cube...or a Tetrahedron... find out for yourself in the downloads below

Maths in Maps!