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With Introduction to Topographic Maps you will learn how to use these maps to determine elevations, landform types, principles of scale, location, and much more. You will read and draw contour lines based on points of known elevations, construct topographic profiles, and determine slope and relief. Includes full color photos, animations, related topics on Map Projections, U.S. Geological Survey, Using a Compass and Map, and more.
New to Version 2.0:

Narration to aid in reading comprehension, Draw contour lines and print out your results, Scored review section can be printed for easy teacher assessment, New artwork throughout, Easier navigation, Larger display size to easily view map features, USGS Booklets are included on the CD-ROM as pdf files.

• General Topographic Map Information
• Map Scale
• Location: Latitude and Longitude
• Public Land Survey
• Location: Universal Transverse Mercator
• Principles of Contour Lines
• Using Contour Lines
• Topographic Profiles
• Drawing a Contour Map
• Topographic Maps
• Aerial Photographs
• Satellite Images
• Review

System Requirements: Macintosh: PowerPC™ 180 MHz processor (G3 or higher recommended); Mac OS® 9.2 to Mac OS X, 128 MBytes available RAM; thousands or millions of colors. QuickTime™ required. Windows: Windows 98®: Intel® Pentium® II 200MHz, 64 MBytes available RAM; Windows 2000® and Windows XP®: Pentium III 450 MHz, 128 MBytes available RAM; thousands or millions of colors. QuickTime™ required. This program was developed as a 32-bit application and is not supported on 64-bit versions of XP or Vista..

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