| 1. Measure the length of the
longest runway that runs southwest - northeast
Runway Length: About 1 3/16 miles
or 1.2 miles
2. Bridge Elevation 1087 ft. Benchmark
by Mead Park
3. You are employed to create a map showing the locations
of buildings occupied by businesses along a five mile stretch of highway on the south side
of your city. Which of the following scales would be the best to use?
1:24000
4. If the measured map distance between two points on a 1:2400 scale map is 4.5 inches
, what is the actual distance in miles?
1.7 miles
5. Use the CIA World Atlas Reference maps for questions
5 and
4:
a. What United States state capital lies at about 39N 89W?
Springfield, Illinois
b. The longitude of London, England is
approximately
0 degrees
6. What would be your latitude and longitude if you were half way between the equator
and the north pole, and one quarter of the way around the earth to the west of the Prime
Meridian?
45 N; 90 W (just about Stevens
Point, WI)
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