The world around us
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Street maps and plans
A
street map
is a map of a town or a city. It shows the position of the streets, squares, parks and
the most important buildings and places. Street maps are divided into
squares
and have
symbols
for important places.
A street map is a smaller representation of a town. To find out the real distance we use the
scale
.
The scale for this map is
1 cm = 10 m
.
What’s the distance between the post office and the hotel?
What information is
on a street map?
L O O K & T H I N K
1
Look at the plan. What’s in these squares?
2
What street is the post office/hospital/
restaurant/hotel in?
a)
E2
b)
B4
c)
G2
d)
E6
A
1
3
5
2
4
6
C
F
B
E D
G
High Street
North Street
New Street
Castle Street
Bank Street
Kings Street
