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How do you distinguish between commercial farming and subsistence farming on a 1:50 000 topographic map? Commercial farming ...

Mapwork calculations from fenslin

Heights can be indicated in FOUR ways on a topographic map. 1.      Contour lines  - lines (brown) joining areas with the same height a...

Aerial photographs are photos taken from light airplanes. These photos contain more detail e.g. orthophoto maps. Because it shows more deta...

Mapwork calculations from fenslin

Working through old IEB exam papers it becomes clear that certain questions always appear in the mapwork question papers. The 1:50 000 range...

Street patterns are a feature of urban areas which we can't live without. Street patterns can make it easy to travel around in the city,...

A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The numb...

How to find the map code To be able to find the map code of a particular map it is important to understand what the map code represents E.g....

A. Geomorphology 1. Steep gradient 2. Gentle gradient 3. Convex slope 4. Concave slope 5. Conical hill 6. Butte 7. Mesa 8. Dip slope...