MAPS ASSIGNMENT:
CONTOUR MAPS

What you need to do:
  1. Go to the Contour Maps Menu and work your way through the following topics:
      1. Introduction
      2. Labeling Contours
      3. Depression Contours
      4. Contour spacing and steepness
      5. Gradient

    For the above:

    • Read and understand the material
    • Take all the quizzes
    • Check your answers using the answer-checking devices.

  2. Click on the red button. Carefully examine the fully worked-out answer to a map problem similar to the one you have to hand in for this assignment. It is also similar to a problem that you will be asked to answer on the final exam.
    SAMPLE WORKED-OUT PROBLEM

  3. Print out the three Contour Map Exercise Work Sheets:

WORK SHEET 1 (CM-1)
WORK SHEET 2 (CM-2)
WORK SHEET 3 (CM-3)

  1. INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORK SHEET 1:
    Using the indicated scale and contour interval, answer the four questions. When you have finished, check your answers by clicking on the red button below. You do not need to hand in your answers.

    ANSWERS FOR PROBLEM 1

  2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORK SHEET 2:
    Using the indicated scale and contour interval, answer the four questions. When you have finished, check your answers by clicking on the red button below. You do not need to hand in your answers.

    ANSWERS FOR PROBLEM 2

  3. INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORK SHEET 3:
    1. Click on the button and determine the length of the scale bar and the value of the contour interval that you are to use.
    2. Follow the instructions on your printout.

  4. WHAT YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT:Completed Contour Maps Work Sheet 3 (CM-3).

    KEEP A COPY FOR YOURSELF!

©David Leveson
2003