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dxu46 wrote:
1. Latitude and Longitude are measured in (answer as [unit of measure] [two directions])
2. UTM is measured in (answer as [unit of measure] [two directions])
3. How many sections are in a township/range?
4. How are the sections in a township arranged? (feel free to draw a picture)
5. Each section is approximately ___ x ___ [unit of measure]s
Is anyone going to answer this? Should I just post the answers?
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dxu46 wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
1. Latitude and Longitude are measured in (answer as [unit of measure] [two directions])
2. UTM is measured in (answer as [unit of measure] [two directions])
3. How many sections are in a township/range?
4. How are the sections in a township arranged? (feel free to draw a picture)
5. Each section is approximately ___ x ___ [unit of measure]s
Is anyone going to answer this? Should I just post the answers?
My road partner said he was going to, but he never got around to making an account and answering them RIP.
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Well, my road career is over most likely, so I should post the answers:
dxu46 wrote:
1. Latitude and Longitude are measured in (answer as [unit of measure] [two directions])
2. UTM is measured in (answer as [unit of measure] [two directions])
3. How many sections are in a township/range?
4. How are the sections in a township arranged? (feel free to draw a picture)
5. Each section is approximately ___ x ___ [unit of measure]s
1. Degrees/Minutes/Seconds N/W
2. Meters N/E
3. 36
4. 
    6   5   4   3    2  1 
    7   8   9   10 11 12
    18 17 16 15 14 13
    19 20 21 22 23 24
    30 29 28 27 26 25
    31 32 33 34 35 36
5. 1 by 1 miles
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As my partner said, my Road Scholar career is also over. Except he gets another year and I don't :cry: .

Here's a question set:
[img]https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/MO/MO_Creve%20Coeur_322394_1954_24000.jpg[/img]
1. What quadrangle is SE of this one?
2. Now that you're there, calculate the latitudinal, longitudinal, and UTM coordinates of the flag on my school, depicted as "Watkins High School."
3. This high school is next to a ________ road.
4. US-40 got upgraded to what is now I-64 during this time. When one leaves the map on this highway going east, how many miles does it take to reach I-170?
5. This E neat line has a value of ________.
5. Deer Creek also exits the map close to this neat line and flows in a ___ direction.

For more questions check out the three tests I posted on the test exchange ;)
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willpan99 wrote: 2. Now that you're there, calculate the latitudinal, longitudinal, and UTM coordinates of the flag on my school, depicted as "Watkins High School."
Err, calculating lat/long/UTM online is a Herculean effort, so...
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dxu46 wrote:
willpan99 wrote: 2. Now that you're there, calculate the latitudinal, longitudinal, and UTM coordinates of the flag on my school, depicted as "Watkins High School."
Err, calculating lat/long/UTM online is a Herculean effort, so...
Then how come I gave my first test to a friend in Chicago and they did it (Kennedy Junior High didn't make nats, don't worry)
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willpan99 wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
willpan99 wrote: 2. Now that you're there, calculate the latitudinal, longitudinal, and UTM coordinates of the flag on my school, depicted as "Watkins High School."
Err, calculating lat/long/UTM online is a Herculean effort, so...
Then how come I gave my first test to a friend in Chicago and they did it (Kennedy Junior High didn't make nats, don't worry)
Uhhhhh

Wait on second thought, you can just do the same way, with different scales?
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dxu46 wrote:
willpan99 wrote:
dxu46 wrote: Err, calculating lat/long/UTM online is a Herculean effort, so...
Then how come I gave my first test to a friend in Chicago and they did it (Kennedy Junior High didn't make nats, don't worry)
Uhhhhh

Wait on second thought, you can just do the same way, with different scales?
All you have to do is zoom in (I sent them GeoPDFs so I guess it worked better). Otherwise, pretty much.
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