111000@reddthat.com to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoHow to read topographic mapsreddthat.comimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down131
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minus-squareIlliterate DominelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoHere’s a slide describing how depressions are represented, and here is a topographical map of a sinkhole showing the hashes. That said, I had to look pretty hard for a map with those marks. Numbers are much more common.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAh, awesome. i appreciate you taking the time to put this together. I dont recall these on maps, but as you said numbers are common. And i typically use the topomap with shading, so shading helps with understanding the terrain
Here’s a slide describing how depressions are represented, and here is a topographical map of a sinkhole showing the hashes.
That said, I had to look pretty hard for a map with those marks. Numbers are much more common.
Ah, awesome. i appreciate you taking the time to put this together. I dont recall these on maps, but as you said numbers are common. And i typically use the topomap with shading, so shading helps with understanding the terrain