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?