A topographic map is a two-dimensional representation of the three dimensional surface of the earth. These maps are used to represent the shape of the surface. ... Then using the results create a Topographic map of the field. ... To create a topographic survey map the surveyor must decide on a proper scale for the map, graph paper is helpful with this task but is not necessary. ... It is also important for the surveyor to insert a title block onto a corner of the map denoting the location of the map, date, scale and who prepared the map. ...

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The first cards were edited using the old paper maps and information they contained. ... The users expect from GPS right locations on accurate maps. ... This allows anticipating changes and proposing reliable and accurate maps. Once all data are collected and approved, maps are edited and sold to GPS companies. ... Also, several identified users can make data updates to keep maps updated. ...

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Map showing the location of the Rangely Field. 1B is a close up of the Rangely anticline. ... A structure contour map of the top of the Weber Sandstone reservoir from well log formation tops in the Rangely Field. ... Structure contour map of Rangely with outlines of the original (yellow dashed lines) and 1985 (red dashed lines) oil/water contacts. ... When calculating volumetrics of the Rangley anticline it is necessary to have a structure contour map (figure 2) and a 3D structural contour map (figure 4). ... Figure 4. 3D structure map of the top and bottom of the Weber Sandstone. ...

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I look in the backpack again and I find a map. ... I notice random words in different areas of the map. ... I also notice a red dot in the beginning of the map. ... I pull the map out, it looks different. ... The map has changed once more. ...

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The third aspect of Feng Shui that you must understand is the eight trigrams, or the ba gua map. The ba gua map is a mapping of the interior energies of a house. The ba gua mapping chart is used by standing at the threshold of a house or building and overlaying it in a certain fashion based on your compass reading present on the map. ... To complete the mission of Feng Shui, a compass, diagram, map, and other Chinese knowledge will help you succeed. ...

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When Dana would not submit to him and throw her map in the fire as Rufus demanded, he threatened her in order to get what he wanted. "Listen, if you want me to get that letter to town soon, you put the map in the fire too"(Butler, 142). ... Not only did he make her burn the map, he also did not send the letters to Kevin as he had once promised. ... Being illiterate meant blacks did not have the ability to write their own passes to freedom, or even figure out a map. ...

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Surveyors made an imaginary line with measuring sticks and a chorobate, a leveling instrument like the level used today, to make a straight line for a profile map. ... The depths of the shafts were measured from the profile map. The engineers used the profile map to construct foundations up to the imaginary line, and then built the piers for fifty feet, then put the stone arches in. ... When the aqueduct hit a hill underground pipes were built, the profile maps measured the depths of the new pipes to be placed. ...

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Surveyors made an imaginary line with measuring sticks and a chorobate, a leveling instrument like the level used today, to make a straight line for a profile map. ... The depths of the shafts were measured from the profile map. The engineers used the profile map to construct foundations up to the imaginary line, then built the piers for fifty feet, then put the stone arches in. ... When the aqueduct hit a hill underground pipes were built, the profile maps measured the depths of the new pipes to be placed. ...

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Northwest Passage- King Francis I sent Giovanni da Verrazano to map North America's coastline and to find the Northwest Passage. 8. ... Understanding the Parts of a Map Study the map of the Great Migration on page 68. ... Using the map labels, estimate the total number of Puritans immigrants to the New World between the 1620s and the 1640s. ...

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Louis with information such as; maps of their route and the surrounding regions; specimens and descriptions of plant, animal, and mineral resources; and information about the native Indians of the west. ... Also, while at the winter camp Lewis and Clark updated their diaries and maps and wrote about the Indians. ... Louis on the keelboat, with animal, plant and mineral specimens; maps; and reports for President Jefferson. ...

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As pointed out by the Tornado Risk Areas Map, the largest area of high risk occurs in section of the central U.S. called "tornado alley". ... As seen in the General Areas of Flooding Map, the areas with the most major flooding from 1993-1997 were the upper Mississippi and Missouri Rivers with other smaller areas such as the Columbia and Snake rivers in Northwestern U.S., Northern California, Ohio river basin, and various rivers on the east coast. ... While some locations may have high risks of natural hazards there are some sections of the U.S. that have, according the maps provided by the USG...

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However, I would later discover that many cities, towns, communities, and even countries have a set of road maps or master designs that all lead in one specific direction. Little did I know, that I would travel along my own contrasting road map that was going to lead me down a path of accomplishing some of my childhood dreams. ... However, I would later discover that many cities, towns, communities, and even countries have a set of road maps or master designs that all lead in one specific direction. Little did I know, that I would travel along my own contrasting road map that was going t...

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Homicide occurs all over the Washington D.C. area, as it shows on the map below (See map) On the other hand homicide occurred in some places more than others, for example in the area west of the Potomac River (Martin Luther King Ave), there are many census tracks. ... Looking at the map you can also tell that there are a lot of census tracts in the upper northeast area of Washington D.C Conclusion There have been many factors in this case study to prove the hypothesis as correct. ...

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They are recognized and mapped by sheared and displaced rock units and by the distinctive landforms created by repeated rupture of the earth's surface (www.consrv.ca.gov).... Well the answer is simple, "In the north the answer is simple: the fault was simply not mapped. ...

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"Astronomers even produced maps showing networks of canals they thought had been built by water deprived Martians"(Davies online)Photographs also show river valleys and flood channels. ... Existing maps were found in the library of Alexandria in Egypt (burned by Mark Anthony), which scholars have studied. ...

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When the government announced its plan to map the human genome, he claimed he would do it first-and then he delivered results in 2001, years ahead of schedule. ... In this case, Venter became the first to decode a bacterium's genome and also first to later map the human genome. ...

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A simple map of the tongue will group buds detecting sweetness on the tongue's tip, sourness along the sides, bitterness across the back and saltiness beside the sweet ones. This simple map is orderly and easy to understand, but not very accurate. ... Also, the simple tongue map will not take into account the impact olfaction (smell) has on taste. ...

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The computer game's evolvement When the computer was first invented, it was only supposed to become a really advanced calculator. For about thirty years ago (now it is 1999), when you mentioned the word game, most people would think of board games, like chess, backgammon and monopoly. As the techn...

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Because he would be making the first maps of the land, Lewis had to learn to navigate by using the stars. ... When spring came and the ice melted, on April 7, 1805, Lewis and Clark sent maps, plants, and animals back to Jefferson. ...

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This plan includes an intial routing of the golf course, outlined on a topographical map (Graves). Once the course has been designed on a topographical map , the next step is to take a look at the highs and lows on paper and sketch out the path of the golf holes, the path that best uses the land an encourages good holes (Nicklaus). ...

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The sexes are different because their brains are different. (Moir, 1991) In the past ten years, there have been many researches concerning what makes the sexes different. Remarkably, these doctors, scientists, psychologists, and sociologists are not working together but still have arrived at a ve...

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Vapor sifted into the air, towards the dark skies Standing in front of a weather map, Kate cleared her throat, staring at the camera. ... Kate once again stood in front of the weather map for her daily forecast. ...

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The Monkey Man Himself: John Scopes and his effect on The World John Thomas Scopes was born in Paducah Kentucky in 1900. John was a simple kid who enjoyed simple things. John's family was on the move through most of his childhood. John's first love was books, he loved to read. In high school John ...

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You tune in the local news at quarter past the hour and a nicely dressed man is standing in front of a map of the United States. ... U.S., forecasters were found guilty of placing a warm front on a map in the wrong location. ...

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It takes tremendous courage to map out a course and direction and see it through. ... He directly participated in course of action that would have the Gold Coast disappear from the maps of Africa and in it is place would be the sovereign state of Ghana. ...

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