Satellite maps from Google are popular. This is a convenient and practical tool that allows you to view the planet at any scale. The satellite image reveals details: small streets and alleys near the house, cities, countries and continents. This became possible thanks to satellite imagery.
Earlier to receive pictures from space filming was used with a television camera with a signal transmitted to the station or filming with a special photographic camera, the images of which were displayed on film. Today, modern space technologies make it possible to look at the planet thanks to the scanning mechanism built into satellites.

Satellite Map: Applications and Purposes

Currently, real-time satellite world map is used in many fields: analyzing the state of agricultural fields, forests, oceans and identifying the location of friends using a smartphone. Google satellite map is used for these resources.
The main purpose of using satellite images of the world from Google remains navigation. The website features a world diagram showing continents, states, cities, streets and highways. This helps you navigate the area, appreciate its landscape, and simply travel around the Earth without leaving your home.

Quality of online world map images from satellite

The highest resolution images are available for the largest cities in Ukraine, America, Russia, Belarus, Asia, Europe and Oceania with a population of more than a million people. For settlements with fewer inhabitants, images are available in limited quantities and of poorer quality.
Despite this, everyone can take a detailed look at the territory of their home, nearby streets, and look at photos of the planet from almost any point. The pictures reveal the placement:

• cities, towns, villages,
• streets, alleys
• rivers, seas, lakes, forest zones, deserts, etc.

Good quality cartographic images allow you to examine the landscape of the selected area in detail.

Google map capabilities from satellite:

Google satellite maps help you see things in detail that are difficult to assess on regular charts. Satellite images preserve the natural shape of an object, its size and colors. Ordinary, classic maps undergo editorial elaboration before printing and circulation to match the scale, as a result of which the natural colors of the area and shapes of objects are lost. The cartographic images retain their naturalness.
In addition, you can quickly find the city of interest in any country on the map. The diagram has a column in which you can indicate the country, city, and even house number in Russian. In a second, the diagram will zoom in and display the location of the given object and those located next to it.

Satellite world map mode

Satellite images have the ability to switch to world map mode. It helps to view the territory on the surface of the planet, get as close as possible to the selected object, and consider the layout of the location. This mode allows you to quickly and conveniently plan your trip route, move around the city, find attractions, etc.
By specifying the house number, the diagram will display its location relative to the city center in a second. It is also possible to plot a route from the initially specified object. To do this, click on the appropriate button and enter the address.

Map of the earth from satellite to website

the site allows users to use a satellite map in real time completely free of charge. For convenience, the map is divided into countries. To search for a specific city or get acquainted with the area of ​​the state, click on the one you are interested in and begin your “travel”. The service is constantly improving, work is underway to post high-resolution satellite images of small settlements.
Good quality online satellite cartographic images posted on our website help you quickly find the desired object, examine the landscape, estimate the distances between cities, and find out the location of forests, rivers, seas and oceans. With Voweb, traveling around the world has become even more accessible.

Political map of the world is a geographical map reflecting the countries of the world, their form of government and government structure. The political map reflects the main political and geographical changes: the formation of new independent states, changes in their status, mergers and divisions of states, loss or acquisition of sovereignty, changes in the area of ​​states, replacement of their capitals, changes in the names of states and capitals, changes in forms of government, etc. .

In a broad sense, the political map of the world is not only the state borders of countries plotted on a cartographic basis. It contains information about the history of the formation of political systems and states, about the relationship between states in the modern world, about the uniqueness of regions and countries in their political structure, about the influence of the location of countries on their political structure and economic development.

At the same time, the political map of the world is a historical category, since it reflects all changes in the political structure and borders of states that occur as a result of various historical events.

Colorful political map of the world in English

All the changes that have arisen on the political map over the long history of its formation are of a different nature. Among them, a distinction is made between quantitative and qualitative changes. Quantitative ones include: annexation of newly discovered lands; territorial gains or losses during wars; unification or disintegration of states; concessions or exchanges between countries of land areas. Other changes are qualitative. They consist in the historical change of socio-economic formations; the country's acquisition of political sovereignty; introduction of new forms of government; the formation of interstate political unions, the appearance and disappearance of “hot spots” on the planet. Often quantitative changes are accompanied by qualitative ones. Recent events in the world show that quantitative shifts on the political map are increasingly giving way to qualitative ones, and this leads to the understanding that instead of war - the usual means of resolving interstate disputes - the path of dialogues, peaceful resolution of territorial disputes and international conflicts comes to the fore.

Political map of the world before the collapse of the USSR in Russian

Large detailed political map of the world in Russian

Political map of the world 2012

Political map of the world with real proportions of state areas

Political map of the world in Ukrainian

Large political map of the world

Political map of the world (Russian)

Map of dependent territories of the world

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Old school, nostalgic political map of the world

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According to experts, in the near future the political map of the world will undergo major changes. The trend toward an increase in the number of states based on ethnic principles continues. At the same time, state borders that do not correspond to the nations living within them will lose their meaning. On the other hand, international political alliances will play an even more important role.

The whole world can fit on one piece of map, with all the oceans, continents, mountains and plains, countries, cities, minerals, animals and birds. You just need to be able to read the map correctly. In this lesson we will learn what maps were in ancient times, and what types of maps exist now, what are the advantages of a map over a globe, what is the scale, and the map legend. Let's learn how to use the scale of depths and heights and determine the coordinates of earthly objects.

Topic: The planet we live on

People started drawing maps before they even thought about whether the Earth was round or flat. Scientists have discovered a drawing on a bone in Kamchatka depicting a path to a place rich in prey. This is probably one of the oldest maps. Maps were drawn on pieces of bark and cut out on wooden planks, which were convenient to take on the road. Some peoples scratched maps with a sharp object on wet clay tiles, which, after drying, became durable, with a clear image.

This world map, in the center of which the city of Babylon is located, more than 3 thousand years.

Rice. 1. World map of Ancient Babylon ()

Rock paintings of areas in caves where people lived thousands of years ago were also found.

Rice. 2. Rock painting of the area ()

With the invention of paper, maps began to be drawn on it. All the information obtained by scientists and travelers during their travels through different lands was recorded on the maps.

Rice. 3. Ancient world map on paper ()

Making the map was a long process, because all the details were drawn by hand, so the maps were very expensive.

For a long period of time, only four were present on the maps: Eurasia, Africa, North America, South America. Many years passed before sailors discovered Australia and Antarctica.

When you look for a country on the globe, you only see one hemisphere. And to see something else, you need to turn the globe.

It is impossible to indicate a large number of geographical objects on a globe without increasing its size. A large globe is inconvenient for travel.

Scale- this is the ratio of the length of lines on a map or drawing to the actual length. The scale of the physical map of Russia tells us that every centimeter of the map corresponds to 200 km on the ground.

Rice. 7. Physical map of Russia ()

The map can show two halves of the Earth at once. If you divide the globe along the equator, you get map of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres,

Rice. 5. Northern and Southern Hemispheres

and if along the line of the prime meridian - Western and Eastern Hemispheres.

Rice. 6. Western and Eastern Hemispheres

On mineral map special icons mark places of mineral deposits.

Rice. 9. Map of mineral resources ()

On animal habitat maps The habitats of various species of birds and animals are indicated.

Rice. 10. Map of birds and animals ()

On contour maps there are no color codes and all kinds of geographical objects are depicted, but not labeled. They are convenient for planning routes.

Rice. 11. Outline map

On political map the world depicts countries and their borders.

Rice. 12. Political map of Eurasia ()

On synoptic maps Symbols indicate weather observations.

Rice. 13. Synoptic map ()

Different cards are combined into atlases.

Rice. 14. Geographical atlas ()

Maps depict different territories. There are maps of districts, cities, regions, states, continents, oceans, hemisphere maps and world maps.

Legend on the map are the same as on the globe. They're called legend and are usually placed at the bottom of the card.

Let's find the West Siberian Plain on the physical map of Russia.

Rice. 16. West Siberian Plain ()

Small horizontal lines covering a large part of its territory mean swamps.

Here are some of the world's largest swamps - Vasyugan. Lines represent rivers, borders and roads, and circles represent cities.

Rice. 17. Vasyugan swamps

The seas and mountains have real outlines and are painted in different colors. Blue and cyan are water bodies, yellow are highlands, green are lowlands, brown are mountains.

At the bottom of the map there is a scale of depths and heights, with which you can see what height or depth a particular shade of color on the map means.

The deeper the ocean, the darker the color. On the map of the Arctic Ocean, the darkest shade of blue is in the Greenland Sea, where the depth reaches 5 thousand 527 meters; the lightest shade of pale blue, where the sea depth is 200 meters.

Rice. 18. Physical map of the Arctic Ocean

The higher the mountains, the darker the color they are marked with. Thus, the Ural Mountains, which are considered relatively low (the highest peaks are from 1000 to 2000 m above sea level), are colored light brown on the map.

Rice. 19. Ural Mountains

The Himalayas - the highest mountains in the world (10 peaks with a height of more than 8 km) are indicated in dark brown.

Rice. 20. Himalayan mountains

Chomolungma (Everest), the highest peak in the world (8848 m), is located in the Himalayas.

Using the altitude scale, it is easy to determine the height of the Caucasus Mountains.

Rice. 23. Caucasus Mountains

Their brown color indicates that the height of the mountains is more than 5 thousand meters. The most famous peaks - Mount Elbrus (5642 m) and Mount Kazbek (5033 m) are covered with eternal snow and glaciers.

Using a map, you can determine the exact location of an object. To do this you need to know it coordinates: latitude and longitude, which are determined by a degree grid formed by parallels and meridians.

Rice. 26. Degree grid

The equator serves as the origin of reference - at it the latitude is 0⁰. Latitude is measured from 0⁰ to 90⁰ on both sides of the equator and is called north or south. For example, the coordinate 60⁰ north means that this point lies in the Northern Hemisphere and is at an angle of 60⁰ to the equator.

Rice. 27. Geographical latitude

Longitude is measured from 0⁰ to 180⁰ on both sides of the Greenwich meridian and is called western or eastern.

Rice. 28. Geographical longitude

Coordinates of St. Petersburg - 60⁰ N, 30⁰ E.

Moscow coordinates - 55⁰N, 37⁰E.

Rice. 29. Political map of Russia ()

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1. Academician ().
2. Survival().

1. Locate the Pacific Ocean on a physical map of the world. Determine its deepest place, indicate its name and depth. Describe how you identified this location.
2. Make a short test (4 questions with three answer options) on the topic “Geographical maps”.
3. Prepare a memo with the rules for working with cards.

Here you can look at the physical map of Russia in Super Ultra HD quality and a huge resolution of 10350 by 5850 pixels (more than 60 megapixels) - this is the highest map resolution that can be found on the Internet.

(the map can be enlarged in a new window for a detailed view)

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I know that many users are looking on the Internet for a physical map of Russia in full screen, high-quality close-up maps of Russia, high-resolution maps, and the like. Here everyone will find what they expect to see and even more.

The resolution of the map is huge, the quality is high. That's why the map is very, very, very detailed. Map scale: 1:8,000,000 (1 cm - 80 km on the ground). All inscriptions on the map are in Russian.

If you look closely, on this map of the Russian Federation you can also see Ukraine, part of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and other parts of the Eurasian continent.

This general geographical map conveys the appearance of the territory and water area. The physical map shows in detail the relief and hydrography, as well as sands, glaciers, floating ice, nature reserves, and mineral deposits. Thanks to the high resolution, you can see cities, towns, villages and other settlements, communication routes, borders, etc. on the map.

I hope that large Ultra HD maps and HD pictures will bring more benefits to travelers and ordinary people.

Something about the resolution of this card

Many people know what 4K and Ultra HD resolution are. This physical map of the Russian Federation has 2.5 times the horizontal pixel resolution of 4K. The illustration below shows the comparative sizes of all HD formats (HD, full HD, 2K, 4K) and this physical map of Russia.

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Links to photo galleries of cities and nature reserves

For those who like to look at photographs rather than maps, this site collects photographs of nature reserves, cities and their attractions. Many of the photos in the galleries below are shown in HD quality.