Safer Routes to school

How do we get to school?

Think about the route you take to school, What can we use to help us find a route?

= MAPS• Paper maps: Cardiff cycle map, Cardiff A toZ

• Internet: Google maps, Route planner.

• Gadgets: Sat Nav, Smart phones

All based on mapping systems

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Map reading

A map will normally have the following features:

 

• The names of important places and locations.

 

• Standard symbols to show the location of key landmarks and features.

 

• A key, to explain what the symbols on the map mean.

To consider when planning a route…….

Route:Type of road

Cycle paths

Junctions

Other road users

Distance

Gradient

Weather:Clothing

Equipment:

Roadworthy bike

Good Footwear

Puncture kit/tools

Cycle storage/lock

Helmet

Map Scale and Grid Reference

Scale tells you how much the land has been scaled down to fit on thepaper. If the scale of a map is 1:50 000 then everything on the map will be 50 000 times smaller than it is in reality.

Grid Reference the pink circle in thediagram opposite is 18 across and 45 upand therefore the 4-figure grid referenceis 1845.

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