Maps 1 – What I should learn from doing this exercise

NO INK PENS! Pencil only.

  1. Information from the margins of the map:
    1. Map name
    2. Map date
    3. Adjacent maps
    4. Angle of declination and how it is used
    5. Map scales and conversion factors
      1. Scale ratio
      2. Graphic scale
      3. Verbal scale
  2. Information from inside the map area
    1. Map symbols and their meaning
    2. Map colors and their meaning
    3. Methods of locating points on a map
      1. Longitude and latitude
      2. Rectangular method
      3. Public land survey (Tier and Range)
      4. Bearing and distance

If given a point on the map, you should be able to give its location by any of the above 4 methods

If given a point on the map by any of the above 4 methods, you should be able to tell what is there