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 Mapmaking Guide (9-12)
include brown or green for land and blue for water. Topographic maps are general reference maps showing coastlines, cities, and rivers that use contour lines to show elevation differences. Such maps are helpful to hikers because they can show elevat...
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include brown or green for land and blue for water. Topographic maps are general reference maps showing coastlines, cities, and rivers that use contour lines to show elevation differences. Such maps are helpful to hikers because they can show elevation changes along a trail. Government agencies like the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) produce these maps that are often based on satellite data or aerial photography. Satellite maps are produced from data recorded by satellite sensors and transmitted to
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on a street map) or a set of intersecting lines identifying selected latitudes and longitudes (often used on <span class="highlight">topographic</span> or world <span class="highlight">maps</span>).
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include brown or green <span class="highlight">for</span> land and blue <span class="highlight">for</span> water. <span class="highlight">Topographic</span> <span class="highlight">maps</span> are general reference <span class="highlight">maps</span> showing coastlines, cities, and rivers that use <span class="highlight">contour</span> lines to show elevation differences. Such <span class="highlight">maps</span> are helpful to hikers because they can show elevation changes along a trail. Government agencies like the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) produce these <span class="highlight">maps</span> that are often based on satellite data or aerial photography. Satellite <span class="highlight">maps</span> are produced from data recorded by satellite sensors and transmitted to
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Mapmaking Guide (9-12) Page 7 of 8 www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions © 2005 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved. Isoline (also called isopleth) <span class="highlight">maps</span> use lines to connect points of equal value, such as temperature, rainfall, or elevation. Lines of equal temperature are called isotherms, lines of equal rainfall are called isohyets, and lines of equal elevation are called contours. <span class="highlight">Contour</span> lines are often used on <span class="highlight">topographic</span> <span class="highlight">maps</span>. Cartograms distort
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Mapmaking Guide (9-12) Page 8 of 8 www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions © 2005 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved. Suggested Resources National Geographic: Round Earth, Flat <span class="highlight">Maps</span> http://www.nationalgeographic.com/2000/projections/ National Geographic: MapMachine—View and Customize (click "What is a Satellite [or other type, from drop-down box] Map" <span class="highlight">for</span> pop-up box with definitions) http://mapmachine.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/viewandcustomize.html
Smithsonian: Reflections on Earth: Biodiversity and Remote Sensing Teacher Guide
levels. Land cover maps allow scientists to visually analyze the location and extent of different land cover types (see Figure 3). By using such maps to estimate the area and For each group: � copies of blackline masters: Land Cover Grid (transparency) Ground Truth Field...
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levels. Land cover maps allow scientists to visually analyze the location and extent of different land cover types (see Figure 3). By using such maps to estimate the area and For each group: � copies of blackline masters: Land Cover Grid (transparency) Ground Truth Field Data Habitat Information � satellite image � topographic map � blank transparency (or tracing paper) � markers (or colored pencils) Optional: � transparency of Reflected Energy graph MATERIALS Land Cover Mapping TIME REQUIRED: TWO
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http://www.nasm.si.edu/education/pubs/reflecttg.pdf#page=17
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levels. Land cover <span class="highlight">maps</span> allow scientists to visually analyze the location and extent of different land cover types (see Figure 3). By using such <span class="highlight">maps</span> to estimate the area and <span class="highlight">For</span> each group: � copies of blackline masters: Land Cover Grid (transparency) Ground Truth Field Data Habitat Information � satellite image � <span class="highlight">topographic</span> map � blank transparency (or <span class="highlight">tracing</span> paper) � markers (or colored pencils) Optional: � transparency of Reflected Energy graph MATERIALS Land Cover Mapping TIME REQUIRED: TWO
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transparency over the satellite image and outlining the boundaries of areas that appear different. (<span class="highlight">Tracing</span> paper can be substituted <span class="highlight">for</span> transparencies.) Students should classify the different land cover types. Areas with the same appearance and characteristics should be classified as the same land cover type and coded with same color or symbol. See Figure 5. Land cover can include urban areas, forests, agricultural lands, and water. Using the <span class="highlight">topographic</span> map as a reference, add other features that relate to the land
Elevation at its Peak
Resources:Scientific calculators Topographic map for display (optional) Teacher's Note:Some prior instruction in the use of trigonometric ratio methods is a prerequisite to this activity. Names and values in the activity can be modified as desired; if displaying a topographic...
Smithsonian: Timeline
R Three Mile Island Exhibit Unit 2 nuclear power plant Five hours in which the unthinkable happened Five days of crisis First looks inside the reactor INEEL’s core topography survey system Collecting ultrasonic echoes at TMI-2 Topographic maps and model of the cavity Im...
Historical Maps Online
United States Geological Survey (USGS). In addition, we faced another technical limitation in not being able to integrate current data with the thousands of maps on the site all at once. As a result, we decided to develop the Web GIS on a city-by-city basis, then move on to regional, state, a...
Foreign Affairs Online - Maps
geographical information and maps for every country. In addition, it features weekly articles about geography and annotated links to hundreds of the best sites. [http://geography.about.com/] Geography Network. Map services can viewed online or through GIS software, such as ArcExpl...
World War II Poster Collection
papers. Publications and documents from the state of Illinois have been regularly acquired since 1971. City of Chicago publications are also collected. The department is a depository for European Union and United Nations publications and collects documents from many other international organ...
Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications (JOMA) - Mathematical Association of Am...
Convergence, Resources, Developers, Departments In Announcements Department: MAA and Loci on Facebook In Commentaries Department: "What Does the iPad Mean for Math?" by Thomas E. Leathrum In Supplements Department: Supplement to 'Fermat's Spiral and the Line Between...
Expedition Stories
One team might present an overall view tracing and annotating the various expeditions on a map of the world. Research and report on the modern expeditions proposed for the 2004 Transit. http://www.eclipsetours.com/transit1.html http://www.seti.org/epo/fun_n_games/trips/venus.html...
Charles A. Dana Center: Symmetry of Design: Teacher Notes
designs possible based on the transformations . (Note: There are a finite number of combinations of transformations, but there are still an infinite number of transformations possible because translations can be of any length, rotations can have any center, with any number of degrees of turn, and r...
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designs possible based on the transformations . (Note: There are a finite number of combinations of transformations, but there are still an infinite number of transformations possible because translations can be of any length, rotations can have any center, with any number of degrees of turn, and reflections can use any line as a reflector.) For each rigid motion: 1. Review the rigid motions described in the notes for each section; each definition is followed by an example in the student notes. These examples
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designs possible based on the transformations . (Note: There are a finite number of combinations of transformations, but there are still an infinite number of transformations possible because translations can be of any length, rotations can have any center, with any number of degrees of turn, and reflections can use any <span class="highlight">line</span> as a reflector.) <span class="highlight">For</span> each rigid motion: 1. Review the rigid motions described in the notes <span class="highlight">for</span> each section; each definition is followed by an example in the student notes. These examples
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