Creating a Tracking Chart for the Classroom

1. Click on the URL for the basic grid for tracking the voyage on the canoe:

http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/2007voyage/2007trackinggrid.html

For reference, see the Online PVS Micronesia Map: http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/2007voyage/2007micronesiamap.gif

And the online PVS Japan Map: http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/2007voyage/2007japanmap.gif


2. If you use the scale of 1 inch = 1 degree, the chart will be about 7 feet, 6 inches wide and 3 feet, 9 inches high; if you use the scale of half-an-inch = 1 degree, the chart will be about 3 feet, 9 inches wide and about 2 feet high.

3. For easier plotting, add to this basic grid degree markings along the four sides of the map, between the latitude and longitude lines. Since the latitude and longitude lines on the grid are 5 degrees apart, four 1 degree markings equally spaced (1 inch or half-an-inch apart depending on your scale) can be marked off between the lines.

4. Draw on the grid the islands that Hokule’a and Maisu will visit. The green squares on the web version indicate the approximate locations of the islands. You can get the outlines of the islands by searching for images on the web.

To get latitude and longitude of locations, see these websites:

For Latitude-Longitude of Pacific Islands, see http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tides07/tab2wc3.html

For Latitude-Longitude in Japan, see http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/japan-lat-long.html

5. Depending on the size of your chart, you can add to the empty spaces canoe drawings, star compasses, cultural icons and images, cultural information and stories. Here is an illustration of a star compass: http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/2007voyage/2007starcompass.html .