The key to a Topographic map is that they show elevation changes in a certain area. One can tell the steepness of a mountain by how close the contour lines are together. Clearly, this map is of a steep mountain.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Topographic Map
http://www.easygps.com/expertgps.asp
The key to a Topographic map is that they show elevation changes in a certain area. One can tell the steepness of a mountain by how close the contour lines are together. Clearly, this map is of a steep mountain.
The key to a Topographic map is that they show elevation changes in a certain area. One can tell the steepness of a mountain by how close the contour lines are together. Clearly, this map is of a steep mountain.
Planimetric Map
http://www.hatheway.net/03_gas_plant_components.htm
This is a Planimetric map of a gas manufacture in England. it shows the plant and its gas drums; the focus of this map is on the gas company, any unrelated features are not on the map.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Mental Map
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.uky.edu/~ulack/Geo152/unnumbered%2520figure%2520pg%252003.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.uky.edu/~ulack/Geo152/Syllabus152Fall05.htm&usg=__G3FPpe3cVUmmFbDJXhDsRQXQP_8=&h=996&w=1400&sz=306&hl=en&start=0&sig2=Ljpnv81a5FUy8pxHy-OSzg&zoom=1&tbnid=W6fxTloIZI2VbM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=178&ei=Ul44TZ-LNsP38AahxPW_Cg&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMental%2Bmap%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DjYI%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D986%26bih%3D752%26tbs%3Disch:1%26prmd%3Divnsb&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=304&vpy=119&dur=1011&hovh=189&hovw=266&tx=182&ty=92&oei=Ul44TZ-LNsP38AahxPW_Cg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0
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