Symbols show important landmarks, places and areas. They are used because maps are usually too small to contain lots of writing. A key is a guide which explains what the symbols on the map mean ...

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 ...

Six symbols will be replaced, including one the represent a police station, now to be denoted by a saluting officer. (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan) Another confusing symbol is an X.

Here is what the various letters and symbols mean: L: Low pressure system - associated with rising air, which causes clouds and rain D: Tropical Depression - wind speed less than 39 mphS: Tropical ...