Map Reading Class Homepage
(GY208)
Syllabus
for Spring 2005
Introduction
Lecture: Introduction to
Mapping
Lecture Review Questions
Chapter 1
Lecture: Maps
Chapter 2
Class Activities:
Latitude and Longitude
Practice
Basic Mapping Processes
Chapter 3
Projections
Lecture: Projections
Chapter 5
Scale
Chapter 5
Scale Review Materials
Note that chapter 5 preceeds chapter 4 because of the need to understand scale in order to comprehend land partitioning systems.
Chapter 4
Land Partitioning
Chapter 4
Township and Range
Township and Range Practice
Note: While these lessons have specifically examined
measuring distance, scale, and location techniques, finding
mapped locations will be an inherent part of every map question
throughout the course.
Chapter 6
Measurement
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Navigation
Chapter 7
Exam
Be sure to have completed the Blackboard Assignments prior to taking this exam.
Chapter 11
Isopleth Mapping and Topographic Quadrangles
Chapter 11
Isopleth Maps
Isopleth Values
Chapter 8
Isopleth Mapping and Topographic Quadrangles (Continued)
Chapter 8
Drawing a Topographic Profile
Chapter 9
Topographic Maps and Map Symbols
Chapter 9
Cumberland, Maryland
Topographic Maps
Chapters 12
Chapter 12
Isopleth, Scale, and Distance Exercise
Answers, also available by direct link from the exercise
Chapter 13
Isopleth Mapping and Topographic Quadrangles (Continued)
Chapter 13
Contour Map Graded Daily Assignment
Chapter 10
Hilton, Virginia
Chapter 10
Topographic Maps and
Landforms
Exam
Be sure to have completed the Blackboard Assignments prior to taking this exam.
Chapter 14
Identifying and Reading Different Types of Maps
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Maps and Graphs
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Map Communication Issues
Chapter 16
Exam
Be sure to have completed the Blackboard Assignments prior to taking this exam.
Chapter 17
Remote Sensing
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Digital Remote Sensing
Chapter 18
Chapters 19
Computer Cartography
Chapter 19
Chapters 20
Computers and Cartography
Chapter 20
Web Reference Maps Assignment
Chapter 21
Geographic Information Systems
Chapter 21
Final Examination
Be sure to have completed the materials on Blackboard before taking this examination.