Skill 1: Map Use
Element 2: Feature Identification
Materials:
1994 1:24,000 scale 1997/1993 San Mateo,
CA / Redwood City, CA, USGS Topographic Quadrangle
Topographic Symbols Chart
2000 Aerial Photograph
magnifying glass
Exercise:
1.
Use 1994 1:24,000 scale1997/1993 San Mateo, CA / Redwood City, CA,USGS
Topographic Quadrangle.
2.
Use the 2000 Aerial Photograph covering the same area.
3.
Use the Topographic Symbols Chart.
4.
Identify corporate/city boundary.
5.
Identify areas of mud flats.
6.
Identify some marsh.
7.
Identify the following cultural features on the map:
a.
benchmark
b.
power line
c.
levees
d.
communication towers
8.
Can you identify the marsh, the mudflats, and the power lines on the 2000 aerial
photograph?