Originally Posted by
Thisisit
There's a definite learning curve when you first start using maps, but by no means should this hold you back. I still make mistakes readings maps but that is part of the fun, the trials of travels and discovering areas I wouldn't have otherwise seen
A question ... do they not teach map reading in school anymore? You're not the first one to indicate that reading maps is/was foreign to you. I could swear it was on the curriculum. Yes, actually, I just checked and students (in Alberta anyway) start learning to read maps in Grade One. I started learning to read maps when I was about 6 or 7 years old.