WETMAAP Skill 1
Texas City/Virginia Point: Element 2

Skill 1: Map Use
Element 2: Feature Identification

Materials:

1:24,000 scale 1994 USGS Virginia Point Quadrangle

Topographic Symbols Chart

1992a Aerial Photography

magnifying glass

Exercise:

1. Use 1:24,000 scale 1994 USGS Virginia Point Quadrangle.

2. Use the 1992 Aerial Photography covering the same area.

3. Use the Topographic Symbols Chart.

4. Identify the roads on the Topographic map.

How many different road types can you identify?

5. List the road types identified.

6. What other cultural features can you identify on the map?

7. Identify the same roads and other features on the 1992 aerial photograph as identified on the topographic map.