Title: (Optional) Interpret a topographic map.
Course: Ecology and Environmental Management (18003-36) > Section: Understanding Conservation Cartography and Orienteering

Interpretation should include

- examining a topographic map of a locality, making sure to review the key and scale
- comparing one's knowledge of the locality with what the map shows.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What does the key show?
- How is scale defined?
- Why is topographic map information important?
- What things can be learned from a topographic map?