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Remote Sensing Hydrosphere - North Carolina Science Olympiad

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DIVISION C<br />

NC <strong>Science</strong> <strong>Olympiad</strong><br />

Oct 201112 Coaches Institute<br />

<strong>Remote</strong> <strong>Sensing</strong><br />

Mapping and <strong>Remote</strong> <strong>Sensing</strong> Basics<br />

∙ Maps, coordinates, scales, measurements and proportions<br />

Discussion of maps, coordinate systems and scales<br />

English and metric scales<br />

Coordinate grids ... Cartesian, Geographic, UTM<br />

Problem: determine coordinates of a feature on a map.<br />

Problem: determine dimensionless map scale<br />

Problem: convert a map measurement to a real distance<br />

Problem: proportion measurements from map to image<br />

October 8, 2011<br />

Slide 27<br />

rshighberg@bellsouth.net

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