OS symbols basic quiz 2 - what is by the roadside
Great Britain 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster Mapping Extracts © Crown copyright Ordnance Survey. All Rights Reserved. Educational licence 100045616.
This is a quiz to help the navigator of a vehicle on a road tell the driver what will be seen, where to stop. Each map is an extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 scale map, and the blue circle on each map is over a map symbol. (If you use the mouse to move the pointer over the blue circle, it disappears, making it easier to see the symbol.)
What is the symbol? What would you see?
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The Ordnance Survey symbols article has links to the OS list of symbols, and also to Geograph photos showing examples of what the symbols depict.
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Symbol is red line of short dashes south of road. What is it, and what would you expect to see at the roadside? { }
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What does the line of dashes both sides of the yellow road show? { }
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What does the arrowhead across the road show? { }
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What is the symbol? And where is the item located?{ }
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What is the green area on both sides of the road?{ }
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What are the red diamond symbols? Do they mean it is a motorable road?{ }
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What do the dotted lines under the blue circle show? { }
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What might you see as you drive along this road?{ }
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What do the blue dotted areas both sides of the road show? { }
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What is the rectangle with cross hatching inside?{ }
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The symbol by the road junction is a thin triangle with a stepped line across the top. What is it? { }
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And this symbol is a vertical line with an X on top. What is it? { }
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What is this symbol? { }
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What is this symbol? { }
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What do the symbols both sides at the top of the road show? { }
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What does the letter P stand for?{ }
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There is a line of alternate dots and dashes. What is it? And what might you see driving along the road{ }
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What is the grey shaded area? { }
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A black line with Vs beside it crosses the road. What would you see along the line? And at a V symbol? { }
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There is a line across the road in the blue circle. What is it? { }
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What is the red circle? { }
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Great Britain 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster Mapping Extracts © Crown copyright Ordnance Survey. All Rights Reserved. Educational licence 100045616.