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Road Scholar terms

Road Scholar terms:Topographic map

TermDefinition
Map features Any part of the earth's surface, or anything found on the earth's surface, that can be represented on a map
Location Position of a particular point on the surface of the planet.
Series What year the map was issued
Scale The ratio of a model's linear dimension to the original's corresponding dimension. The scale is a number that scales, or multiplies, some quantity
Index Darker lines, marked with the elevations
Legend Displays the meanings of symbols and colors used to represent data on a geographical map
Distance The amount of space between two things or people. A scale displays it
Contours a line drawn on a topographic map to indicate ground level or depression
Elevation of features and symbols Found by using contours. Height of mountains, depths of oceans and steepness of slopes
Watershed The direction in which stream flows and flood impact areas. As one proceeds upstream, successively higher contour lines parallel and then cross the stream
Public land survey system A way of subdividing and describing land in the U.S.
Sector Reference System A system used for finding a specific area of a map, with 4 quadrants
Azimuths The angel between the northern measured clockwise around the observer's horizon, and a celestial body(The Sun)
Bearing Provides the direction given by the primary compass (north or south), the degree of angle, and an east or west designation
Magnetic Declination The deviation of the compass from true north.
Survey Control marks=Control points A place on the property where the surveyor wouldn't like to be disturbed(Can be marked with
Graticule Tick Marks Graphics that mark divisions of measurements on a scale bar
Graticule Intersections The network of intersecting lines of latitude and longitude
Slope When you look up a hill, the incline going up
Topographic map profiles A cross-sectional view along a line drawn through a portion of a topographic map
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