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Re: Road Scholar B

Posted: February 2nd, 2018, 3:58 pm
by Anomaly
dxu46 wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
Anomaly wrote:East to West
Easy question. Your turn.
Ahem...posting a question anybody?
Someone else can post a question. I'm out of ideas right now.

Re: Road Scholar B

Posted: February 3rd, 2018, 9:23 am
by dxu46
Unless someone posts in the next 24 hours, I'll post again.

Re: Road Scholar B

Posted: February 6th, 2018, 6:08 pm
by Anomaly
I'll go then...
What color does pink represent on a topographic map?

Re: Road Scholar B

Posted: February 6th, 2018, 6:22 pm
by dxu46
Anomaly wrote:I'll go then...
What color does pink represent on a topographic map?
Urban areas (cities, towns)

Re: Road Scholar B

Posted: February 6th, 2018, 6:25 pm
by Anomaly
dxu46 wrote:
Anomaly wrote:I'll go then...
What color does pink represent on a topographic map?
Urban areas (cities, towns)
Correct. Your turn.

Re: Road Scholar B

Posted: February 6th, 2018, 6:46 pm
by dxu46
Joe lives on the intersections of the west and south neat lines.  He wants to go to the local pho store, whose noodles are really good! (Sorry I  <3 pho).  The pho store is exactly 2.5 minutes east of the northeast graticule tick mark.  If there is a road running from Joe's house to the pho store, at what bearing would Joe be traveling on if he headed to the pho store?

[spoiler]Hint: use trigonometry (tangent and arctangent are probably the easiest)[/spoiler]

Re: Road Scholar B

Posted: February 9th, 2018, 8:08 am
by Fanglin
Answer: N33.69˚E at the equator, assuming he is in the US, the bearing would be more north, because longitude isn't a universal fixed distance at different latitudes.
Joe's house lies in the center of the NW1/4|S12 | T14N | R4W, how many feet is it to the crossing of his local PLSS Equator and Meridian?Hint: [spoiler]How many miles x miles is a section?...  Use trig too[/spoiler]

Re: Road Scholar B

Posted: February 17th, 2018, 8:45 am
by Tailsfan101
Let's start this up again...
Ted is at the bottom of a hill, holding a map. He sees that he is standing right on a contour line, yet it is unlabeled. He notices that a thicker contour line 40 feet above where he is standing is labeled "2450". He then proceeds to walk up the hill, crossing 6 contour lines and stopping at the seventh. What is his elevation after he has climbed the hill?

Re: Road Scholar B

Posted: February 18th, 2018, 3:39 pm
by rainbowunicorns
Tailsfan101 wrote:Let's start this up again...
Ted is at the bottom of a hill, holding a map. He sees that he is standing right on a contour line, yet it is unlabeled. He notices that a thicker contour line 40 feet above where he is standing is labeled "2450". He then proceeds to walk up the hill, crossing 6 contour lines and stopping at the seventh. What is his elevation after he has climbed the hill?
Answer: 2550 feet? (I'm not very good at reasoning stuff...)

Re: Road Scholar B

Posted: February 19th, 2018, 7:16 am
by Tailsfan101
rainbowunicorns wrote:
Tailsfan101 wrote:Let's start this up again...
Ted is at the bottom of a hill, holding a map. He sees that he is standing right on a contour line, yet it is unlabeled. He notices that a thicker contour line 40 feet above where he is standing is labeled "2450". He then proceeds to walk up the hill, crossing 6 contour lines and stopping at the seventh. What is his elevation after he has climbed the hill?
Answer: 2550 feet? (I'm not very good at reasoning stuff...)
Correct! Your turn.