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dxu46 wrote:
Tailsfan101 wrote:
dxu46 wrote: 
1. What does BR stand for?
2. What is a bypass route?
1. Bypass route?
2. It helps the flow of traffic by directing one road to go around another.
Number 1 is incorrect (hah you fell into my trap :D).
And the answer is?...
"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:11-12

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Tailsfan101 wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
Tailsfan101 wrote: 
1. Bypass route?
2. It helps the flow of traffic by directing one road to go around another.
Number 1 is incorrect (hah you fell into my trap :D).
And the answer is?...
Oh sorry, business route. Your turn.
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[img]http://www.symbols.com/gi.php?type=1&id=772&i=1[/img][img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Pictograms-nps-hospital-2.svg/2000px-Pictograms-nps-hospital-2.svg.png[/img]
What do the two map symbols shown above indicate?
[size=75]I apologize if these images are a tad too large.[/size]
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Tailsfan101 wrote:
[img]http://www.symbols.com/gi.php?type=1&id=772&i=1[/img][img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Pictograms-nps-hospital-2.svg/2000px-Pictograms-nps-hospital-2.svg.png[/img]
What do the two map symbols shown above indicate?
[size=75]I apologize if these images are a tad too large.[/size]
Picnic site, hospital
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dxu46 wrote:
Tailsfan101 wrote:
[img]http://www.symbols.com/gi.php?type=1&id=772&i=1[/img][img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Pictograms-nps-hospital-2.svg/2000px-Pictograms-nps-hospital-2.svg.png[/img]
What do the two map symbols shown above indicate?
[size=75]I apologize if these images are a tad too large.[/size]
Picnic site, hospital
Correct! Your turn.
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1. What is UTM short for?  What is it?
2. What is PLSS short for?  What is it?
3. What is UPS short for?  What is it?
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dxu46 wrote:
1. What is UTM short for?  What is it?
2. What is PLSS short for?  What is it?
3. What is UPS short for?  What is it?
1. Universal Transverse Mercator; A plane coordinate grid system.
2. Public Land Survey System; A system that keeps updated 7.5 minute maps for most of the U.S. states.
3. United Parcel Service; A company that delivers packages.
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Tailsfan101 wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
1. What is UTM short for?  What is it?
2. What is PLSS short for?  What is it?
3. What is UPS short for?  What is it?
1. Universal Transverse Mercator; A plane coordinate grid system.
2. Public Land Survey System; A system that keeps updated 7.5 minute maps for most of the U.S. states.
3. United Parcel Service; A company that delivers packages.
I'm looking for the Road Scholar kind of UPS - Universal Polar Stereographic - it is UTM for the areas near the poles.
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dxu46 wrote:
Tailsfan101 wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
1. What is UTM short for?  What is it?
2. What is PLSS short for?  What is it?
3. What is UPS short for?  What is it?
1. Universal Transverse Mercator; A plane coordinate grid system.
2. Public Land Survey System; A system that keeps updated 7.5 minute maps for most of the U.S. states.
3. United Parcel Service; A company that delivers packages.
I'm looking for the Road Scholar kind of UPS - Universal Polar Stereographic - it is UTM for the areas near the poles.
Your turn.
I was gonna answer this question until I saw UPS and thought "Is there a UPS relating to road scholar". Tbh I was gonna answer the same thing as Tailsfan101 :P
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Anomaly wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
Tailsfan101 wrote: 
1. Universal Transverse Mercator; A plane coordinate grid system.
2. Public Land Survey System; A system that keeps updated 7.5 minute maps for most of the U.S. states.
3. United Parcel Service; A company that delivers packages.
I'm looking for the Road Scholar kind of UPS - Universal Polar Stereographic - it is UTM for the areas near the poles.
Your turn.
I was gonna answer this question until I saw UPS and thought "Is there a UPS relating to road scholar". Tbh I was gonna answer the same thing as Tailsfan101 :P
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