This chapter will teach you some of the skills that you will need in your third year of Geography. Your class can dip in and out of this chapter throughout the year. Don’t forget to go back and revise the skills you learned in Chapter 1 and Chapter 7. The skills you will need in Third Year are broken into three groups:
Comparing Ordnance Survey maps and aerial photographs
Learning Intentions
In this section, you will learn: zzhow to compare Ordnance Survey maps and aerial photographs
zzhow to identify what direction the camera was pointing when an aerial photograph was taken.
Landmark
: Figure 15.2 Killarney in a vertical aerial photograph and on an OS map
You wrote down the advantages and disadvantages of Ordnance Survey maps and aerial photographs during the Ice-Breaker activity in Chapter 7. Can you remember your group’s answers?
Take a look at the table on the next page for more information on the differences between Ordnance Survey maps and aerial photographs.
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Geographical Skills for Third Years: Ordnance Survey, aerial photograph and satellite imagery skills
