# How to read a map?

A map has a lot of information about an area. How do you get that information out of the map? You must learn to read a map!
For this you need to know the meaning of the colors, signs, lines and symbols on the map. A system of lines runs across most of the maps that divides the cards into boxes. What does that mean? How long is a cm on the map in reality? All these questions are addressed (komen naar voren) in this section.