Symbol, A small picture or sign used on a map to show real features like roads, rivers, or buildings., Scale, Shows how distances on a map compare to real distances on the ground., Legend / Key, A box on a map that explains what the symbols and colours mean., Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Ireland’s national mapping organisation that makes accurate maps of the country., Cartographer, A person who designs and makes maps., Ptolemy, An ancient Greek geographer who helped develop early maps of the world., Gerardus Mercator, A mapmaker who created a world map that sailors could use more easily for navigation., Global Positioning System, A system that uses satellites to find an exact location anywhere on Earth., Latitude, Imaginary lines that run east to west around the Earth and measure how far north or south a place is., Longitude, Imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole and measure how far east or west a place is., Equator, An imaginary line around the middle of the Earth that divides it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres..

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