Section outline

    • At this stage, we split up the area according to the main bio-physical and socio-economic criteria.

    • Foreword: Do you know how to read a map?

      Here is an interactive guide and an exercise to help you remember the basics of effective map reading.

    • How to read a map File
      • Theory: use a topographic map
      • Exercise: identify the elements of the landscape on a map

    • VidéoPierre Le Ray shows how to analyse a landscape ex situ, using maps and other available data.

    • Working on maps, climate or satellite data (16') File
      • What is a map
      • Analysis and zoning the landscape
      • Establish a transect
      • Analysis of an ombro-thermal diagram
      • Using satellite datas

    • Exercise: ombro-thermal diagrams. Build an ombro-thermal diagram from the temperature and rainfall recordings of the different regions of the world… and formulate hypotheses on the impact of the climate on farming practices.

    • Instructions for the exercise File
    • Solutions for the exercise File

    • Exercise applied to your context: After having followed Pierre Le Ray in the analysis of landscapes using maps and graphs, try to repeat this exercise for the zone of your choice.