Maps
| A journey to a new town can be fun or frustrating depending on how easy it is to get there. Printed maps are the traditional way of finding your destination and satellite navigation devices using satellites and computers are the modern approach. |  |
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Planning a journey by public transport often requires the use of maps. Look at this route map for Midland Red buses in Warwickshire. Enlarge image |
Think about a familiar journey and describe what you see on the way. There may be landmarks, features, people, signs and symbols. Look at the shapes, colours and patterns.
Search out different maps that cover this familiar journey – a bus or train route map, a road map in different scales, maps available on the web, Ordnance Survey maps etc.
| Map makers ('Cartographers') produce transport maps showing routes and connections of roads, railways and waterways. These maps show railways in Warwickshire in the 1930s. |  |
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Graphic designers produce simplified transport network diagrams to help travellers. The famous London Underground map for instance was designed in the 1930s by Harry Beck and remains in use today. Find out more about Harry Beck at www.designertradingcards.com/harry-beck.htm
