WETMAAP Skill 2
Mono Lake - Element 1

Skill 2: Scale Determination
Element 1: Introduction of Scale of Map

Materials:

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

ruler

Exercise:

      1.   Use the scale Lundy/Negit Island/Mount Dana/LeVining 1:24,000 scale map.

      2.   Examine scale at bottom of page.

      3.   Use ruler.

            4.   Measure distance across study site from west to east.

How many inches is the distance west to east?

      5.  Place the ruler over bar scale (bar scale measurement in feet).

                    How many feet equals the measured map distance across the site?

    6.  Repeat measurements across the site from north to south.

How many inches is the distance north to south?

How many feet equals the measured map distance across  the site?