Natural resources map shows a vast expanse of natural resources available on and in the surface of earth. Examples of the said type of map are: natural forest cover of the world, world map of natural vegetation, map of minerals.
This map is about the minerals, crops and livestock found in Brazil. The elements found in this map are: legend, scale, North arrow and title. One element is missing and is important for knowing the location of the area that is mapped. That element is the inset map, but I think the labelling of the surrounding countries is enough for me to know the location of the area mapped.
As a map reader, one thing that I think is needed for the improvement of this map is the labelling of the divisions of the area mapped. That way, the information on this map that the mapmaker wants us to know is easily understood because the readers will know on which area the resources are present.
Another thing that I can comment on is the symbols used on the legend box. The resources; coffee, cocoa, cotton, sugarcane, lumbering and reforesting, and rice have been represented as colors, the mapmaker should have also used symbols to represent this and used the colors for other purposes. For example, the mapmaker should have used the color with varying intensity to represent the abundance of the resources.
In overall, these are just minor flaws that did not affect much the quality of the map. So I think that this map is still a good one. And also, I easily understood what the purpose of this map is although I still need to get another map of Brazil to know the divisions of the area.
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