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Mapping and Topography

Geography

Before everybody had GPS devices on hand, the art of mapping was most important for Middle Ages explorers being sent off to discover the "new world" by most monarchs across Europe. Students can explore the art of mapping and topography themselves in this collection.

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19:56 | Published 26 years ago

Mathematical Eye

Maps And Co-ordinates

This series aims to encourage the development of mathematical ideas, generate enthusiasm and curiosity for maths, encourage discussion, and investigation and show maths in the real world. In this episode, maps as sources of information, co-ordinates in problem solving.

Mathematics

44:48 | Published 2 years ago

Dead Sea Treasure Map

In 1952, a team of archaeologists discovered a Copper scroll in a cave high above the Dead Sea. It was classified as a Dead Sea Scroll. But this was no biblical text, it was a treasure map and the riches it listed are estimated to be worth $3 billion dollars. Over half a century on from its discovery mystery still surrounds the ancient manuscript. Who wrote it, whose treasure it was, and if it's still out there are questions to be explored by experts on a tour of the Holy Land, to Egypt and to Rome, to solve the greatest treasure hunt ever set.

Ancient history

1:41 | Published 7 months ago

First Nations Sand Map

PFFP Memory Project commissioned and produced the First Nations Sand Map for an event held on May 27, 2017, to mark the former Kamballa and Taldree Children's Shelter at Parramatta Girls Home.

Indigenous Australians

28:59 | Published 7 years ago

The Beauty Of Maps

Medieval Maps - Mapping The Medieval Mind

A rare chance to appreciate maps purely as objects of beauty, this series disengages from the geography and considers the end work of the cartographer as a splendid monument of engraving, painting, printing and colouring. Like any other art form, maps have an immediate and arresting effect - they have the power to distract, to reveal secrets, to unsettle and inspire. Some of history's most brilliant examples are examined here in incredible detail.

Visual arts

Community clip

5:59 | Published 3 years ago

Using 'scale' to indicate size

Humorous clip shows how awkward life would be if we couldn't show the scale size of things on designs and maps

Numeracy

49:02 | Published 7 years ago

Mapping The World: Spirit Of The Age

Examines how maps reflect the culture and spirit of the age in which they were created.

Geography

50:28 | Published 8 years ago

The Map Makers

D-Day Invasion Maps

The final episode tells the fascinating story of maps during wartime, featuring the tale of the 'Bigot Maps'. These maps were the most confidential and secret of World War II and contained information about the enemy territory and defences. One map in particular was stolen from Nazi headquarters by a house painter/spy, who hid it behind a mirror, and later retrieved it to pass on to the Allied forces. The episode looks at the incredible stories of bravery and treachery which went into the creation and procurement of the 'Bigot Maps'.

history

Community clip

5:10 | Published 1 year ago

Infamous 'London Poverty Map'

In 1891, businessman Charles booth researched and defined what poverty was - and where the poor lived in London. He produced a 'poverty map', which led wealthy Londoners to call for sterilisation, deportation and labour camps for the city's poorest.

Civics and citizenship

Community clip

3:33 | Published 2 years ago

Latitude and longitude and the shifting of Australia's coordinates

As tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface continue to shift, over time it has begun to impact the latitude and longitude coordinates of Australia. This video explores how those minor changes will likely lead to much bigger changes over time and how that impacts things like maps as well as modern technology that relies on GPS.

Geography

3:30 | Published 6 months ago

MathXplosion

On the Grid!

Ahoy there! Unearth the key to reading maps with grid lines and join Eric in his search for a hidden buried treasure. Arr!

Mathematics

19:57 | Published 25 years ago

Mathematical Eye

Ratio And Scale

This series aims to encourage the development of mathematical ideas, generate enthusiasm and curiosity for maths, encourage discussion, and investigation and show maths in the real world. In this episode, from maps and gears to CDT models and a studio set.

Mathematics

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