WETMAAP Skill 1
Wallops Island Element 2

Skill 1: Map Use
Element 2: Feature Identification 

Materials:

1:24,000 scale 1986 Chincoteague, VA, USGS Topographic Quadrangle
2004 Wallops Island Aerial Photograph
Topographic Symbols Chart
magnifying glass

Exercise:

Use the 1:24,000 scale 1986 Chincoteague, VA, USGS Topographic Quadrangle, LA, USGS Topographic Quadrangles

2. Use the 2004 Wallops Island aerial photograph covering the same area.

3. Use the Topographic Symbols Chart.

4. Identify an area of marsh.

5. Identify areas of woodland vegetation..

6. Identify the following cultural features on the map:

a. benchmark

b. tidal flat

c. ship wreck

d. tailings

e. cemetery

7. On the 2004 Wallops Island aerial photograph find:

a. Cockle Creek

b. upland forest

c. tidal flats

8. Identify the any changes of features between the 1986 topographic map and the 2004 aerial photograph.

9. What is the highest elevation that you can identify on the?