111000 to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months agoHow to read topographic mapsimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1436
arrow-up1436imageHow to read topographic maps111000 to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareIlliterate Domine@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·7 months 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-up6·7 months 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