Remote Sensing Hydrosphere - North Carolina Science Olympiad
Remote Sensing Hydrosphere - North Carolina Science Olympiad
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