WETMAAP Skill 1
Northshore - Element 5

Skill 1: Map Use
Element 5: Use of Satellite Image

Materials:

1993 Thematic Mapper Satellite Image

1995 Color infrared aerial photography

1:100,000 scale topographic map

1:24,000 scale Covington/Mandeville quadrangle

magnifying glass

Exercises:

Using the 1:24,000 scale map and the 1995 aerial photography locate:

  1. Lewisburg
  2. Chinbuba Creek
  3. Sewage Disposal Pond

Using the 1:100,000 scale map and the 1995 aerial photography locate:

  1. Marsh along lower Chinchuba Creek.
  2. Chinchuba Creek
  3. Techefuncta River

Using the satellite image and the  1:100,000 scale map locate on the satellite image:

  1. the study site
  2. all roads
  3. the Tchefuncte River

Using the satellite image and the 1995 aerial photography locate:

  1. Causeway
  2. Tchefuncte River
  3. Lewisburg
  4. Bayou Chinchuba

What would you suggest about the information that you are able to visualize between the various maps, the 1995 serial photograph, and the satellite image:

which shows the greatest detail? _____________________

which shows the least detail? ________________________

which shows the greatest area? _______________________

which shows the smallest area? _______________________

which shows the landscape in its true colors? _____________

What is the scale of the satellite image? _______________________