Title:
Located at the top of the map and tells exactly the area the map is showing.
Legend:
These are symbols that indicate features on a map such as roads, rivers, houses, parks, forests.
North Arrow/Compass Rose:
Orienting the map is important to know so the North Arrow shows which way is north. It can also
show all 4 cardinal directions which is called a Compass Rose. Scale: Maps are smaller than the
actual size of the area they are showing so the scale indicator tells how far a distance on a map is
in real life.
Grid:
Some maps have a series of horizontal and vertical lines that split the map into smaller parts and
are labelled at one end or side of the map.
Border:
This shows where the map ends.