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G1190 Lab 1

The document outlines instructions for Lab #1 in Geography 1190, focusing on map skills, scale, and georeferencing. Students are required to read specific pages from a lab manual, use provided maps, perform calculations, and submit their work as a PDF. The lab consists of multiple parts involving questions about map scales, real-world distances, coordinates, and map comparisons.

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G1190 Lab 1

The document outlines instructions for Lab #1 in Geography 1190, focusing on map skills, scale, and georeferencing. Students are required to read specific pages from a lab manual, use provided maps, perform calculations, and submit their work as a PDF. The lab consists of multiple parts involving questions about map scales, real-world distances, coordinates, and map comparisons.

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Geography 1190 Name: Click here to enter your name

Lab #1 Map Skills – Scale and Georeferencing


Instructions:
1) Read pages 15-57 of the lab manual.
2) You will need the two maps in the Lab 1 module in Brightspace (92G Vancouver map
and 92G1 Mission map) for this lab assignment.
3) When calculations are involved, please show your work. You can either type in your
work in the space provided, or do the calculations on a piece of paper, then take a
picture of your work and insert it in the space provided.
4) The lab assignment is password protected. You will be able to type in the answers/insert
photos in the space provided, but you will not be able to edit other parts of the
document.
5) When you submit your assignment, please save the file as a PDF file (FILE à Save as
Adobe PDF) for submission.
6) To submit your lab assignment, go to Assessments à Assignment à Lab 1 in
Brightspace.

Part 1 – Use the 92G Vancouver map.


1) What is the scale of this map as a representative fraction? Click or tap here to enter text.

2) What is the real world distance represented by 5.5 cm on the map? Answer in
kilometers. No rounding required.

3) Give the latitude and longitude coordinates in degrees and minutes for the Point
Atkinson Lighthouse in West Vancouver.

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4) If a building is measured 2 cm by 3 cm on the map, what is the real world area of the
building in squared kilometers (km2)?

5) What is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the map in degrees?

Part 2 – Use the 92G1 Mission map.


1) What is the scale of this map as a representative fraction? Click or tap here to enter text.

2) What is the real world distance represented by 5.5 cm on the map? Answer in
kilometers. No rounding required.

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3) Locate and identify the features at the following UTM grid references. Use the legend on
the left side of the map to help you.

a. 383418 Click or tap here to enter text.


b. 370540 Click or tap here to enter text.

4) Give the coordinates for the following locations in both latitude and longitude, as well as
six-figure UTM grid reference. All three points are annotated and are on the left half of
the map.

Latitude and Longitude (answer in


Location UTM grid reference
degrees and minutes)

Point A – peak of Iron


Mountain

Point B – center of
Whonnock Lake

Point C – center of Sportsplex

5) What is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the map in degrees and minutes?

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Part 3 – Use both maps for this part.

1) Which is the smaller scale map? Click or tap here to enter text.

2) Which is the larger scale map? Click or tap here to enter text.
3) Which map covers the larger area? Click or tap here to enter text.
4) Which map covers the smaller area? Click or tap here to enter text.

5) Which map shows more detail? Click or tap here to enter text.
6) Which map shows less detail? Click or tap here to enter text.

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