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Road Scholar terms
Road Scholar terms:Topographic map
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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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