The Components of The Map

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The components of the map include:

1. Title

2. Line the edge

3. Lines astronomical

4. Hints direction
Instructions direction or orientation is useful to indicate the direction. Directions on the map
is usually shaped arrows pointing to the north.

5. Legend (symbol description)
Legend to explain the meaning of the symbols contained in the map. Legend is usually
placed at the bottom.

6. Inset

Used to present the object (region or location). Inset consists of two types, namely:

a. Inset location

Contains location map reduction with the goal to provide a global picture of the area surrounding an area mapped.

b. Inset enlargement

Inset is used to describe or clarify parts of (a region) that is smaller than a location on a map.

7. Source maps

8. Year of manufacture

9. Lettering

10. The scale of the map

Division scale map:

a. Numerical scale (a number), for example, 1: 1,000,000

b. Scale line / graph (a line)

This scale is expressed in the form of rods or straight line. The stem is divided according to the ratio of the distance.

c. verbal scale

This scale is expressed in the form of a sentence. Often referred to as the scale inches per mile. This scale is used to map the country Inggris.

Example:

1 inch = 5 miles, meaning that 1 inch on the map is equal to 5 miles on the ground

11. Symbol map

Is a picture or map pins depicting the real situation.

a. based on the shape

1) The point or dot symbol

Map symbols used to describe the appearance that is both qualitative and quantitative.

2) Symbol line

Line symbol is used to determine the geographic scale associated with distance. For example roads, railway lines, boundaries.

3) Line symbol is also used to describe the appearance of the so-called qualitative Isopleth, the lines on the map that connects places density or distribution of the same value. Various isopleth, among others:

4) Symbol area or areas

Used to represent a particular area or a particular area that includes the appearance of areas, such as deserts, swamps, and forests.

b. based on his form

1) Symbol pictorial

2) Geometric Symbols

3) the symbol letters or numbers

c. By its nature

1) Symbols which are qualitative. This symbol is used to distinguish the distribution of objects depicted. For example, to describe the spread of forest, soil type, and other residents.

2) quantitative symbols. Quantitative symbols include: symbol dots, rods, circles, balls and can also be the color difference.

d. based on the function

1) Symbol land, used for the symbols in the land surface of the earth.

Example: mountain, mountains, volcanoes.

2) Symbol waters, the symbols used to form water.

Example: symbol waters.

3) cultural symbol, used for symbols, shapes culture results.

Example: a cultural symbol.

12. Color map

Color map to tell the state of a particular object.

a. Blue: water

b. Green: lowland