WETMAAP Skill 1
Northshore - Element 4
Skill 1: Map Use
Element 4: Comparison of Aerial Photography and Photographic Essay
Materials:
1995 Colored Habitat Overlay
1995 Aerial Photograph with taped overlay from Technique 2, Element 1
1:24,000 scale USGS Covington/Mandeville Quadrangle
Ultra-fine black permanent pen
Magnifying glass
Exercise:
1. Review the Northshore Photographic Essay. Note locations of each picture taken and the habitat description for each photo.
2. Using the 1995 Aerial Photography, the 1995 Colored Habitat overlay, and the Northshore Photographic Essay, identify habitats by comparing the
pictures' locations on the photograph.3. Use the topographic map at the front of the photographic essay (showing photo locations) and the magnifying glass to identify the following habitats. On photo overlay, mark each habitat with a " + " using the black pen.
Salt open marsh
Fresh open water
Fresh marsh
Forested wetlands
Flats and beaches
Upland forested
Urban
4. Match a picture from the Photographic Essay with each of the habitats. Write the picture number from the photographic essay that corresponds to the habitat type beside each habitat " + " mark . Write the name of the identified habitat near the corresponding " + " and picture number.