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Topographical Maps Flashcards

1
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3 basic feature types on a map

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-Point (town, a tower) -Line (river, road or railway -Polygon (line surrounding something - an area or region eg. political boundary)

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2
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What are two types of maps

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Reference maps & thematic maps

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3
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What is a reference map and give examples

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Maps that give general information about the location of features.

Ex: Google maps or road atlas or topographic maps

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4
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What’s thematic maps and what are they also known as

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Show the distribution of a specific topic (also known as statistical maps).

A map showing population distribution by country is a thematic map, or a soils map. Usually displays some specific subject or topic.

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5
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Can two maps be combined into 1 map?

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Yes

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6
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What does GIS stand for

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Geographical information systems

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7
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What geographical information system maps good for

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Making different layers and building a map up

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8
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What’s a topographic map used for

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Reading the shape of the land

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9
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What are topographic maps needed for

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Needed to plan easiest access to the location esp in mountains

  • good for hiking so you don’t get lost
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10
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What do they use to show the elevation of the ground

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Contour lines

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11
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What’s contour intervals

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Vertical distance between each contour line NOT horizontal

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12
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What does it mean when contour intervals are closer together

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It means that there is a greater change in elevation over a shorter distance

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13
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What are 5 essential map elements

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  1. Title or description
  2. Scale
  3. Locational grid
  4. Data & legend
  5. Direction indicator
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14
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NTS?

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National topographic system

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15
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What is national topographic system

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Provides general purpose topographic maps coverage of the entire Canadian landmass

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16
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What is UTM

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Universal transverse Mercator

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17
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Lines that are tighter together and contour interval means

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Steeper slope/area

18
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Lines that are farther in contour interval means

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Less steep

19
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Sunrise are Darfur in somewhere lighter what does it mean

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Lighter lines in between darker ones are how many metres it’s apart. Count the light ones

20
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What is scale

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Refers to the relationship between distance on a map and distance on the ground

21
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Scale is usually in fraction

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Ex: 1:50,000

22
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Example of a scale

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1:50,000 means 1 unit of measurement on a map represents 50,000 units of measurement on the ground

23
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Example of title on a map

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Ex: Port Coquitlam

24
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What is data legend on a map

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Symbols and definition

Ex: fort, wall ; fence (semi colon divides the features

25
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How can you represent scale

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Map skills can be represented graphically and verbally

26
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What are the three types of map scale

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  1. Graphic or bar scale (example in photos)
  2. Statement in words (ex. One centimetre represents two hundred & fifty metres)
  3. Representative fraction - RF - ratio of map distance to ground distance (ex: 1:25,000)
    
27
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Numerator on an RF must always be at number?

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One

Ex: 1:25,000

28
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Units may be in centimetres inches or any other unit or system but both sides must be? (In regards to RF)

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Expressing the same units

29
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As in the case for all scales all units of measure are _____ distances

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Horizontal distances

30
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Maps are often referred to being

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Large scale or small scale

31
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Example of smaller map enlarge map scale

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Smaller scale map , less detail ex. 1:25,000,00

Larger scale map, more detail ex. 1/10,000

32
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Latitude runs

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East and west they are horizontal.

Angular measurement of location in degrees north or south of the equator

33
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Longitude runs

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North and south vertical lines.

Angular measurement of a location east or west of the prime meridian. Run in the north to south direction from the two poles but measured in a west or easterly direction from the prime meridian.

34
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Large scale

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Cover small areas with greater detail: good for doing detailed planning

35
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Small scale covers

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Larger areas with less detail - a wall map 

36
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1:50,000 - what is the numerator

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1

37
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What is a universal transverse Mercator system

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System for providing plane coordinates based on a system of straight lines intersecting at right angles on a piece of paper

38
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Coordinates are measured in blank units

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Metric

39
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All UTM coordinates are measured in

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Metres

40
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in UTM the north/south line is referred to

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Easting coordinate

41
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What’s referred to northing coordinate

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Line that goes across the map and can only be moved north or south

42
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Which coordinate is referenced first

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Easting is always referenced first and northing is after that

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