It comes as no surprise that, as a kid, Jeopardy! legend Ken Jennings slept with a bulky Hammond world atlas by his pillow every night. Maphead recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him and to fellow enthusiasts everywhere.Jennings takes listeners on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointing, geocaching, road atlas rallying, even the "unreal estate" charted on the maps of fiction and fantasy. He also considers the ways in which cartography has shaped our history, suggesting that the impulse to make and read maps is as relevant today as it has ever been.From the "Here be dragons" parchment maps of the Age of Discovery to the spinning globes of grade school to the postmodern revolution of digital maps and GPS, Maphead is filled with intriguing details, engaging anecdotes, and enlightening analysis. If you're an inveterate map lover yourself-or even if you're among the cartographically clueless who can get lost in a supermarket-let Ken Jennings be your guide to the strange world of mapheads.

Product Description: What kind of map would you use to enter the exciting sport of orienteering? How about if you needed to drive from San Diego to San Francisco? Or if you wanted to see which parts of Earth are covered in taiga? This indispensable volume offers lower elementary students an introduction to the most commonly used kinds of maps...read more

Product Description: Gives information on types and features of land and sea maps. Includes quizzes and a mapmaking activity to reinforce map literacy.

Product Description: ''Gives information on types and features of community maps. Includes quizzes and a mapmaking activity''--Provided by publisher.Title: Community MapsAuthor: Brasch, NicolasPublisher: Black Rabbit BooksPublication Date: 2012/01/01Number of Pages: 32Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress: 201004997...read more

Product Description: Maps, discusses different types of maps, how they are used, and how they represent geographical areas. Includes handson activities. Additonal features include: a table of contents, glossary, index, color photographs and illustrations, and diagrams.

Product Description: How do people make maps? What different types of maps are there? How do compass points help us use a map? This series encourages geographical enquiry with an interactive, investigative, and visual approach to a wide range of core curriculum topics.

Product Description: First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Maps, Maps, Maps (Rosen Real Readers: Early Emergent)

Product Description: Maps can show where you are anywhere in the world! This book will show how easy it is to find the places they know and love with help from a map.

Product Description: Maps can show where you are anywhere in the world! This book will show how easy it is to find the places they know and love with help from a map.