So you think you know your map symbols?
Once again this summer saw navigation skills being debated following walkers and holidaymakers being rescued from hills and mountainsides around the country. Whether using a paper map or a handheld GPS (not your satnav) to explore the great outdoors, you should ensure you are capable of reading a map and understanding the information displayed. So, how about testing your knowledge of map symbols? How well do you think you know the symbols that appear on our OS Explorer and OS Landranger maps?
Test yourself on you map symbol knowledge, post your answers on the blog and we’ll let you know how you’ve scored.
And if you really enjoyed yourself, try out our previous map symbol quizzes too:
http://blog.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/2011/08/do-you-know-your-map-symbols/ http://blog.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/2011/12/the-return-of-the-map-symbols-quiz/
http://blog.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/2012/03/how-well-do-you-know-your-map-symbols/
If you think you need to brush up on your skills after trying the quizzes – there is plenty of helpful advice on our website. There are useful guides for you to download, a series of videos recorded with the Wildlife Whisperer, Simon King, and information on map reading workshops.
Themocracy
Probably not right but worth a try?
1. Rain Forcast
2. Weather for Ducks
3. Cold enough to Snow
4. So windy the windmill lost its walls
5. Earmuffs required
6. VVV ery VVery Cold
7. Scarf Required
8. Cold enough for Penguins
9. Large Snowflakes
10 Grass cut
Not sure, but possibly…
1. Shingle
2. Nature reserve
3. Church without spire/steeple
4. Wind turbine
6. Visitor centre
7. Picnic area
??
Yes to 2, 4, 6 and 7. We’re still looking for answers for 1, 3, 5 and 8…
they all sound right, and 3 certainly is right- we did it in geography way back in yr7!
I think the map symbols are;
1. Spoil Heap
2. Nature Reserve
3. Site of Antiquity
4. Wind Pump
5. World Heritage Area
6. Visitor Centre
7. Picnic area
8. Sea Life Park
9. Garden
10. Coppice
1. Refuse tip / dump
5. UNESCO World Heritage Site
8. National Park Information Point
Possibly the following:
1. Landfill
2. Archaeological Monument
5. Wild guess, which I’am probably wrong. Road Junction????
8. Wildlife sanctuary
Well done to Nigel for making it 9 out of 10. We’re still looking for number 8 though – it is a tricky one and specific to a certain area in Great Britain…
8. Visitor Centre at Pembrokeshire Coast National Park?
That’s it – we have all ten names, well done everyone!
Is no. 8 the symbol for a National Park Information Point?
does anyone know what a cave symbol is?
It looks like a man standing in a cave.