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27ITGeographyMASTERINGMAPWORKSOfTWAREMASTERINGMAPWORKUnlikemostmapskillsITproductscurrentlyavailableMasteringMapworkdoesnotassumeuserspossesstheabilitytoreadmaps.MasteringMapworkteachesthatThesixkeymoduleseachconsistofanintroductorytutorialfollowedbytaskswherethestudentcanpractiseandconsolidatetheskillslearnedandtesttheirresultsagainstpreviousattemptsandotherusers.Thevarietyofapproacheshasresultedin21totallydifferentcomponentstaskseachwithitsownstyleandlearningobjectiveandthesebuildtoensureathoroughunderstandingofmapsandmapskills.ThesixkeymodulesareShapingUptoSymbols-Fifty-sixOrdnanceSurvey150000mapsymbolsaredisplayedtogetherwiththeircaptions.Howeverthecaptionsandsymbolsaremixedupandtheusermustx18dragdropx19thecaptionstothecorrectsymbol.Thequizistimednumberofmovescountedandsuccessrateadvisedwhenexitingthetask.CrackingContours-Thismodulecontainssixtaskseachillustratingvariousaspectsofheightandshapeoflandformsonmaps.Onetaskdisplaysphotographsof12landformtypesalongwithacorrespondingcontourmapandcross-sectionillustration.Anotheractivityinvolveshelpingtheusertodrawcontourmapswithcross-sectionsusingspotheights.Hardcopiesofthestudentx19sworkcanthenbeprintedout.Themodulecloseswithacomprehensivequizfeaturingthex18dragdropx19techniquewherestudentsareaskedtomatchdescriptionsoflandfeaturestothecorrectmaprepresentations.Thequizistimedmovescountedandresultsareadvised.MapworkBingo-AnewinteractivelearningtoolthatusesthetraditionalBingoformatbutsubstitutesOrdnanceSurveysymbolsfornumbers.Withtwolevelsofdifficultyandtheoptionforsoloorgroupgamesthisfeatureisguaranteedtobrightenupanymapworksession.NotillustratedThereisalsoaGlossaryoTermsmodulewhichcontainsadetaileddescriptionforallterminologyusedthroughoutthesoftware.Needremindingwhatax18concaveslopex19isClickontheglossaryiconaccessiblefromeveryscreeninthesoftwareandyouwillhaveyouranswer.NotillustratedformatPConlyWindows95orlater.MasteringMapworkx0MfP226SingleUser29.99MfP226M1-10Users49.99MfP226SL11Users89.99MapMaster-Thiscomprehensivemapdrawingapplicationbringstogetherallthecomponentscoveredintheprevious4modules.ItallowsthecreationofquitesophisticatedOrdnanceSurveystylemapsusingthebankofsymbolsfromthefirstmoduletogetherwithrobustdrawingfacilities.Afullrangeofsystemfontsisavailableforlabelling.Symbolsandlabelscanbeaccuratelyplacedandfinetunedwithahandyx18nudgex19facility.Allmapscanbelaser-printedorsavedtodiskforlateruseormodification.GridReerences-Bothfourandsix-figurereferencesarecoveredhereandinvolvetaskssuchasdraggingsymbolsfromakeyontothemapinordertoplacethematarequestedgridreference.Converselyanothertaskrequirestheusertoidentifythecorrectgridreferenceforanumberofsymbolswhicharealreadyplacedonamap.DirectionandDistance-TheDirectionactivitiesincludex1cawalkx1daroundavirtualvillageandnavigatingaboatracebyclickingthedirectionsonacompass.Thingsthenbecomemorechallengingwhenwegettoanotherboatracewherethepupilmustnavigatewithoutacompass.Learninghasneverbeenmorefun.TheDistancetasksfeatureax1cmagictapex1drulerwhichisusedinvariouswaystoallowmeasurement.Thex1cwalkx1dfeaturedearlierutilisesthex1cmagictapex1dasdoesthechallengingRaftRacetaskwhichdrawstogetherallthatwaslearnedinthismoduletoanexcitingconclusion.BESTSeller