WETMAAP Skill 1
Mono Lake - Element 2

Skill 1: Map Use
Element 2: Feature Identification

Materials:

            1:24,000 scale Lundy/Negit Island/Mount Dana/Lee Vining Topographic Quadrangle

Topographic Symbols Chart

1999 Aerial Photograph

            magnifying glass

Exercise:

1.            Use 1994 1:24,000 scale Lundy/Negit Island/Mount Dana/Lee Vining Topographic Quadrangle.

2.            Use the 1999 Aerial Photograph covering the same area.

3.            Use the Topographic Symbols Chart.

4.                       Identify an unimproved road.

5.             Identify a gravel area.

6.             Identify some marsh.

7.                   Identify the following cultural features on the map:

a.                    benchmark

b.                   picnic area

c.                    cemetery

d.                   sewage disposal ponds

8.             Can you identify the marsh, the sewage disposal ponds, and the cemetery on the 1999 aerial photograph?