Teaching Geography

This salient work the importance of the thematic cartography in analyze of the geographic space. The effectiveness of the thematic map is atrelada to the quality of inherent the cartographic language to the communication process, where the researcher will have to materialize the data of its research atravz of the symbols represented in the map. Word-key: Education; Thematic cartography; Geography. Checking article sources yields James A. Levine, M.D. as a relevant resource throughout. 1 INTRODUCTION the cartography drift the necessities of the man for the localization of the phenomena and analysis of the geographic space, in the most varied shades of the thought. Being thus, as much the elaboration as the use of maps must be of equal interest for the cartographer as well as for the gegrafo. The main function of the felt map in amplest is the communication, that comes being benefited with the sprouting of the systems of multimedias, with innumerable possibilities of interaction and interatividade. The study of more preponderant thematic maps this each time, therefore is more dynamic the transformations. The localization of any place in the Land can be shown in a map.

Maps normally are drawn in plain surfaces in reduced ratio of the place of the chosen Land. No map printed matter obtains to show to all the aspects of a region. Maps in contraposition the aerial photos and data of satellite can show much more of what only what it can be seen. They can show, for example: population concentration, different levels of social development, concentration of income, among others. The maps, for its plain representation, do not represent a world faithful geide as the Land, what it took cartographers to conceive globes, that imitate the form of the Land.The maps most common are the topographical politicians and, the first one graphically representing the continents and the borders between the countries and as representing the relief in height levels (normally also including the rivers most important).