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haverstall wrote:So, I'll be writing a test for the first time for Road Scholar, and having never written one before (have proctored however), is it typical for USGS Topo maps to be printed with the PLSS sections already numbered? There seems to be a PLSS layer on the PDFs that you can toggle on and off on the topo maps you can download from the USGS, and I didn't know if it was typical to print that layer when printing the maps for tests.

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Also while I'm asking, are there any good sources for understanding PLSS?

On most maps, the Sections are numbered, there are some exceptions: Colonial states don't use PLSS (any states that existed while Jefferson was president, because he issued PLSS to divide up acquired territories to provide efficient land usage, and population), so none of the 13 colonies, Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maine, and West Virginia. If you are using a map from these states, then PLSS is out of the question.


I've never actually downloaded maps from USGS so the layering is new to me, but I'de turn PLSS on, because it's a big part of Road Scholar.

Here is a Manual that provides a decent coverage of the entirety of Road Scholar, including PLSS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzydf8 ... =drive_web

Apologize for replying to this post for a different topic- i could not figure out how to post new topic .

Recently we attended Bayard Rustin Invitationals and we came across "Contour Interval graph".
the question is some thing like -"Create contour interval graph so that Santa knows if it is safe for his reindeer to walk in that area.

Could some one please help me with this. Could not find this topic in coaches manual.

Thanks,

Hi, I am doing road scholar and I have a limited amount of maps.

I wanted to know if anyone had any of these tests;
Buffalo/ Rochester/ Niagara Falls in New York
Louisiana, Mississippi
Oregon, Washington
Nevada, Utah
Delaware

Thank Youuuuuu

Hi,
I need a little rules manual clarification:
I was wondering whether or not I can bring magnifying glasses to the competition or not.
Thank You!!!

syedthasan wrote:Hi,
I need a little rules manual clarification:
I was wondering whether or not I can bring magnifying glasses to the competition or not.
Thank You!!!

disclaimer

A quick reading of the rules for Road Scholar (which I haven't looked at in a few years) shows them to be quite vague with regard to paper reference materials. For example, it says "notes, reference materials" rather than something specific like "one three ring binder (any size) containing pages of information in any form from any source" (Rocks and Minerals) or "one 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper that may contain information in any form from any source" (Microbe Mission). If someone else who knows Road Scholar well could clarify this, that would be helpful (though this is not specifically relevant to your question).

See General Rule 1, but note that event supervisors rarely take a literal interpretation of this rule; its primary use is to allow for unorthodox methods of completing a task for a build event (example) or to allow things like erasers for study and lab events.

I would recommend against attempting to bring a magnifying glass on the basis that there are some event supervisors that would disqualify a team for even attempting to bring something not allowed, even in violation of General Rule 5 (this actually happened last year at the Georgia state tournament, when a large number of teams were tiered in Geomaps for having an type of calculator violating the rules).

Unome wrote:

syedthasan wrote:Hi,
I need a little rules manual clarification:
I was wondering whether or not I can bring magnifying glasses to the competition or not.
Thank You!!!

disclaimer

A quick reading of the rules for Road Scholar (which I haven't looked at in a few years) shows them to be quite vague with regard to paper reference materials. For example, it says "notes, reference materials" rather than something specific like "one three ring binder (any size) containing pages of information in any form from any source" (Rocks and Minerals) or "one 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper that may contain information in any form from any source" (Microbe Mission). If someone else who knows Road Scholar well could clarify this, that would be helpful (though this is not specifically relevant to your question).

See General Rule 1, but note that event supervisors rarely take a literal interpretation of this rule; its primary use is to allow for unorthodox methods of completing a task for a build event (example) or to allow things like erasers for study and lab events.

I would recommend against attempting to bring a magnifying glass on the basis that there are some event supervisors that would disqualify a team for even attempting to bring something not allowed, even in violation of General Rule 5 (this actually happened last year at the Georgia state tournament, when a large number of teams were tiered in Geomaps for having an type of calculator violating the rules).

Thanks!

How are people dealing with the statement in the 2017 PowerPoint saying they are de-emphasizing the quadrangle maps and are going to use more satellite and free maps instead?

Erasmus Wembley wrote:How are people dealing with the statement in the 2017 PowerPoint saying they are de-emphasizing the quadrangle maps and are going to use more satellite and free maps instead?

First of all, this is the first i've ever heard about this,
second of all, that's kind of stupid. Topographic maps separate the skills of Road Scholar from everyone else's skills of being able to understand maps (road maps and google earth and stuff)
If anything, there should be more topographic map focus, or maybe an intro to another kind of concept within maps. I think it would be pretty cool if they used foreign maps of foreign countries and maybe forced students to know some foreign map concepts and such...

Fanglin wrote:

Erasmus Wembley wrote:How are people dealing with the statement in the 2017 PowerPoint saying they are de-emphasizing the quadrangle maps and are going to use more satellite and free maps instead?

First of all, this is the first i've ever heard about this,
second of all, that's kind of stupid. Topographic maps separate the skills of Road Scholar from everyone else's skills of being able to understand maps (road maps and google earth and stuff)
If anything, there should be more topographic map focus, or maybe an intro to another kind of concept within maps. I think it would be pretty cool if they used foreign maps of foreign countries and maybe forced students to know some foreign map concepts and such...

It's probably motivated by cost/access concerns.

Erasmus Wembley wrote:How are people dealing with the statement in the 2017 PowerPoint saying they are de-emphasizing the quadrangle maps and are going to use more satellite and free maps instead?

Where did you get the powerpoint?