WETMAAP Skill
1Skill 1: Map Use
Element 4: Comparison of Aerial Photography and Photographic Essay
Materials:
1992 Aerial Photograph with taped overlay
1:24,000 scale USGS Cape Hatteras-Buxton Quadrangle
Photographic Essay
Ultra-fine black pen
Magnifying glass
Exercise:
1. Review the Cape Hatteras photographic essay. Note locations of each picture taken and the habitat description for each photo.
2. Using the 1992 Aerial Photograph and the Cape Hatteras Photographic Essay, identify habitats by comparing the pictures' locations on the photograph.
3. Use the topographic map at the front of the photographic essay (showing photo locations) and the magnifying glass to identify the following habitats. On photo overlay, mark each of the following habitats with a " + " using the black pen.
Salt marsh
Forested wetlands
Wetland scrub-shrub
Upland scrub-shrub
Upland forested
Open water
Urban
4. Match a picture from the Photographic essay with each of the habitats. Write the picture number from the photographic essay that corresponds to the habitat type beside each habitat " + " mark . Write the name of the identified habitat near the corresponding " + " and picture number.