Map Interpretation

 

 

 

1.                  Name the highest mountain and give the elevation.

2.                  Which town has the highest elevation? 

3.                  Which mountain has the steepest slope?

4.                  What is the latitude and longitude of Norton, Bald Peak, of White Mountain, of the mine (draw in the grid lines for this)

5.                  How far is Blue Lake from Norton; is Dixon or Rockville closer to Norton?

6.                  How long is the railroad tunnel (use the edge of a sheet of paper to transfer the scale)?

7.                  How far is Rockville from Norton by highway?

8.                  How much further is this that the straight line distance (the U.S. average is 15% longer)?

9.                  How long would it take to walk this distance?

10.              What direction would you travel from Dixon to Rockville; is this trip uphill or downhill?

11.              What features are found at 430 2’ 20”N, 760, 13’10”W;  430 4’ 40” N, 760 7’ 5”W; at 430 5’ 40”N, 760 7’ 30”W; what is the distance in miles from 760 5’W to 760 10’W at 430 5’N?

12.              Where is the flattest land, the best farm land, the sunniest slope?

13.              Why is the north end of Blue Lake so straight?

14.              Why is the depression (430 8’35”N, 760 1’40”W) not filled with water?

15.              In which direction is Roaring Stream flowing?

16.              If rain fell at Rockville which stream would the water eventually enter?

17.              Which areas would not be covered with water if the surface level of blue Lake rose to 200 feet?

18.              Is the population size of Norton larger than that of Rockville?

19.              Is there more traffic to Norton from Rockville or from Dixon (traffic is usually proportional to the populations multiplied, divided by the road distance)?

20.              How much land (acres or square miles) lies above 500 feet elevation?

21.              How far is Rockville from New York City (approximately 430 N 740 W)?

22.              Draw the watershed of each of the streams; what is not show on the map (soil, depth of Blue Lake, land values and so on).

23.              Interpolate and draw in the 350 foot contour on Bald Peak.

24.              What is the difference between magnetic and true north in this map area?

25.              Plan a rout for an extension of the railroad to Dixon.

26.              Plan a layout for a ski resort.

27.              Construct a profile (with appropriate vertical exaggeration) form 430 N, 760 W to 430 10’N, 760 15’W.