Week Two Lecture Notes
Contour lines!
- Went over what they are and how to use them.
- Contour interval
- Contour line rules (see lab 2)
- Estimating elevations
- Profiling
- Stream Gradients - both as feet/mile and as a percent)
Worked through triangulation
Coordinate systems: Lat/long, UTM, State Plane, and the PLSS.
- Worked through coordinate systems on USGS quad sheets