Skill 3: Visual Recognition
Element 2: Habitat Maps and Feature Overlays
Materials:
1:24,000 scale 1997/1993
San Mateo, CA / Redwood City, CA, USGS Topographic Quadrangles
1958 Foster City Aerial
Photograph
1985 Foster City Aerial
Photograph
2000 Foster City Aerial
Photograph
Habitat and feature overlays (from Tech. 2, Element 2)
Magnifying Glass
Exercise:
1. Using the aerial photography 1958, 1985, 2000, and the 1997/1993
San Mateo, CA / Redwood City, CA, USGS Topographic Quadrangles:
a. Identify changes in the San Francisco Bay shoreline.
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b. Identify changes in flats and
beaches within the Foster City site.
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c. How has the area of Redwood City
between Belmont Slough and Steinberger Slough changed over the last 50 years?
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