CSC 3102 Chapter : 3102 10
Document Summary
Need angle, distance, direction, area and scale. Hillocks, hachures and contour lines (most accurate) Map projection- not possible to represent earth on 2d paper; need a globe. San francisco bay area- on top of san andreas fault, built city reservoir. Fall line- little rock, ar is on the fall line. Rocky mountains made up of 4 physiographic sections southern rocky mountains, middle rm, northern rm, wyoming basin; yellowstone np and grand teton np are in middle rm section. Know names of provinces and names of places in them. 1864- yosemite was first scenic reserve by federal. March 1, 1872- yellowstone np, signed by ulysses s. grant, first np in the whole world. 1869- powell went down the colorado river/grand canyon np/transcontinental railroad. First person to have in writing idea of np- george catling (painter) Large scale = smaller area, more detail, larger representative fraction #- denominator small. Small scale = large area, less detail, smaller representative fraction #- denominator large.
