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The angle between

magnetic north and


Magnetic declination
astronomic north is
called

Any utm easting value


greater than 500,000 m
East
indicates a point.......of
the central Meridian

Are created by substituting a


different standard of
Cartograms measurement for the distance
measurements customarily
used

A compass is used in
surveys where...... Is
Speed, precision
important and
limited......is required

The complete cycle of


relationships between the
sun moon earth and title
Metonic cycle
variations is called the
Consists of gathering
information by means Remote sensing
of a sensor

Consists of waves of
Electromagnetic
electromagnetic
spectrum
radiation

Dendritic Tree like

A direct way to
measure area on a Grid squares method
map

Do not attempt to
show relief features in Planimetric maps
measurable form
During the 1980s........begin to
launch satellites into space
US department of
with the goal of being able to
quickly and accurately locate defense
positions on the earth

Eratosthenes is best Calculated the earths


known for what? circumference

A geological process
that involves the
Tectonic activity
movement of the earths
crust

How does one


measure astronomic Polaris
latitude?

How does the earths spin


and the earths outer and Like an electric
inner core generate a generator
magnetic field?
How far to the Navstar
GPS satellites orbit
11,000 nautical miles
above the
earthssurface?

How many acres in a


640
section?

How many feet in one


101.2
second of latitude?

How many meters


approximately from
10,000,000 m
the equator to the
pole?

How many miles in 1°


69
of latitude?
How many miles in
one minute of 1.15 miles
latitude?

How many satellites


are actively part of the 24
US GPS?

How many sections in


36
the Township?

How many square feet


43 560
in an acre?

How precisely can we


measure time with
Nine decimals
modern GPS
equipment
How wide is a UTM

zone?

Humans have use the


magnetic poles for more
1000
than........years for
navigation and surveying

If a chain-link fence is nearby


when you use a compass it
may affect the readings you Local attraction
take this is called

If it is noon in Greenwich
England and 4 AM at your 8 hours difference
location you are 120° of multiplied by 15 = 120.
longitude to the west.

If on March 22 the angle of


the noon sun is 40° above the
southern horizon what is the
50° north
observers latitude?
If on September 22 the angle
of the noon sun is 60° above
the northern horizon what is 30° south
the observers latitude?

If the angle between


the north star in the
39° north
Verizon is 39° what is
the observers latitude?

In a utm zone A false


origin is established
500,000 m
how many meters west
of the central Meridian?

Inches 1:24,000 3600/24000 = .15

In maps mud and birds


what country did
Australia
researchers and
students work in?
In most types of surveys
you have a choice Magnetic and
between two reference astronomic
meridians, what are they?

In the state plane


coordinate system which
projection is used for East
Lambert conformal
West trending states?

In the state plane


coordinate system which
projection is used for north
Transverse Mercator
south trending states?

In UTM what do we use


to establish the location The equator
of a northing value?

In UTM, what do we
use to establish the
The equator
location of the
northing value?
Involves the recognition and
identification of the great
Aerial photo
variety of natural and human
made features on the earths interpretation
surface

Is a series of successive
straight lines that are Traverse
connected together

Is defined as the clock was


angle from the north or south
end of the reference Meridian
Azimuth
to the line in question

Lines of equal
Isoclines
elevation

A line drawn on a map


and subdivided into units
appropriate to the scale
Graphic scale
the map is called a
The location of the northern
magnetic pole drifts for about
150 years in One Direction Secular variation
and 160 years in another, this
drift is called

What kind of birds were


Long distance the focus of the research
migrants project mentioned in
question 26?

Longitude could not


be measured
Chronometer
accurately until
the......was invented

The magnetic north pole lies


approximately how many
miles from the astronomic or 400 miles
true north pole

Any concrete or abstract


representation of features
Map that occur at or near the
earths surface or other
celestial bodies
Maps usually include
the location of
Cadastral
property ownership
lines

The most common


Mean sea level
mean vertical datum

The moment the sun


passes directly over a
Apparent solar noon
meridian is defined
as......on that Meridian?

Navigation satellite
NAVSTAR
timing and ranging

Occur where erosion has worked


on the underlying structures and
resulted in a marked extensive Escarpments
difference in elevation often in
the form of cliffs
Or aerial photos that have
been processed in a
special way to remove the
Ortho rectified photos
effects of planimetric shift

The outer core of the


Liquid Ni and Fe
earth is

Power on a GPS
satellite is supplied by NiCad batteries
solar panels and

The ratio between


Matt distances and Scale
earth distances

Scale is the ratio between the


map distance and the ground
RF, representative
distance between equivalent
points usually expressed as a fraction scale
ratio or fraction
A systematic rendering of
a graticule of lines of
latitude and longitude on
Map projection
a flat sheet of paper

Three of the five


Diego Garcia,
control and monitoring
Colorado Springs,
stations for the US GPS
are
Hawaii

The three surfaces


commonly used for the
Plane, cylinder, cone
construction of map
projections

What are the earths


Magnetic poles, North
built in direction
and South
finder's?

What are the three


User, control, space
segments of a GPS
What are the units of
Meters
measure in UTM?

What does the word


Northern
boreal mean?

What four things get


Shaped area distance
distorted while
direction
creating a map?

What has recently been


determined about birds They have magnetite
and their ability to crystals in their brains
migrate?

What is the approximate


latitude of a point that is
45° south
5,000,000 m south of the
equator?
What is the distance from
the surface of the earth
to a satellite if if T equals
150,000 km
.5 seconds? D=rt

What is the slope of the hill


where 10 feet of elevation is
gained for every thousand 10%
feet of linear distance

What is the technical


word for the grid system
Graticule
that represents lines of
latitude and longitude?

What survey system is used to


serve a land for legal deed Public land survey
information in the western system
part of the US?

What survey system was


used to serve a land for
legal deed information in
Metes and bounds
the original 13 colonies?
What time of year did
Eratosthenes visit the Summer solstice
well at syene?

When points of equal


declination are
Isogonic
connected they are
called

When the angle


Whatever that angle is,
between you and
is your latitude
Polaris is.......

When the angle


90° minus whatever
between you and the
angle
sun is..... You calculate

Which can create quite large


errors in positional accuracy
intentionally in the GPS used Selective availability
by everyone with a GPS
receiver?
Which of the following
covers a greater time Almanac
span?

Which of the following


systems is widely used in the
US and many other countries
Sexagesimal
for measuring angles?

Which of the following would


you do if you saw that a
Take a forward and
nearby deposit of iron ore
was interfering with your back bearing
compass during a survey?

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