Geography 101 The Physical Environment
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Tools of the Geographer:
Map Reading  and
Air Photo Interpretation
Answers

 

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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