Have a look at this slideshow to see examples of map symbols used on Ordnance Survey (OS) maps. The distance between contour lines shows how steep or flat the land is. If the contour lines are ...

has released a new set of standard symbols for foreign-language maps. According to Tomoko Otake of the Japan Times, the criticism stems from the fact that several of the previous pictograms were ...

A good example of one that might be missed without help from an old school map is St Peter's Church in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, an imposing Victorian rebuilding of a Norman church. In multicultural ...