Road Scholar B

[smarticle13]

did anyone on this forum attend the Galveston regionals in Texas and did the event Road Scholar?
-just curious

[Jocool]

I need to know how to do bearing and azimuth.

[zyzzyva980]

The [wiki][/wiki] has some good information, but basically, bearing is (Direction)(Degrees)(Direction) and Azimuth is (Degrees). Be sure you have your protractor! If you are looking for a bearing that is due Northeast, the bearing is N 45 E. The azimuth would also be 45 degrees. However, if you want a bearing that is due Southwest, the bearing is S 45 W and the azimuth is 225. Here's how you do bearing: You take the first direction, North or South, and the second direction, East or West, and determine the angle from 0-90 with 0 being due North or South and 90 being due East or West. Azimuth is easier. Position your protractor so 0 is due North, and find the total degrees. N = 0, E = 90, S = 180, and W = 270. Just figure out the total degrees (0-359) and you're good to go. Hope that makes sense.

[Jocool]

Gratias tu.

[smarticle13]

In the state, do they have both the "mapping directions exam" and the "creating the topographic maps exam"? At our regionals, there was only the mapping exam.

[zyzzyva980]

What do you mean? In every single event I've had a topographic section and a highway map section, as well as a build-a-map section. In all but the first invitational I've had profiling, if that helps any. Also, UTM for states as well.

[smarticle13]

For my regional competition at Galveston, we only had the mapping part of the exam. We did not have to build a topographic map using map symbols and the USGS topo symbols. (http://topomaps.usgs.gov/) I was a little confused, but I just wanted to know if that was still available.

By the way, zyzzyva98, (I know this is off topic), but how do you make your signature like that-displaying all of the events and awards you have won?

[zyzzyva980]

Yes, you will want to make sure you know everything within the rules. It also helps to have a symbols sheet, which we conveniently forgot at regionals.

To get my signature, I just went through the link on someone else's signature that looked similar (there are a lot out there, just click on one of the bars) and fiddled around a bit on the website. It's http://www.userbars.com/

[smarticle13]

I think a key to being successful in this event is probably practicing locating different points and features on a map

[zyzzyva980]

Definitely, you need to be good at "I Spy" to be good at this event.