Trying to understand how a map relates to what’s on the ground can be tricky. It requires the brain to do a lot of stuff that it doesn’t customarily do on a day-to-day basis. (This is one of the ...

Have you got what it takes to complete the OS Map Reading challenge? Experts have put together the test, which features questions on map symbols, scale, and how to read contours, to allow people to ...

Researchers have found that children start to develop the basic skills that underlie map reading from the age of just four! The study involved 175 two to five-year-olds. It reveals that four-year-olds ...

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HAVE you got what it takes to complete the OS Map Reading challenge? Experts have put together a test which features questions on map symbols, scale and how to read contours, to allow people to ...

Only half of Brits (54%) believe they could confidently use a paper map to help them find their way if they got lost, a study has found. A poll of 2,000 adults found that many find map-reading a ...