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Welcome to the 2019 Road Scholar Question Marathon!!!
Question: Convert 82 degrees into a bearing.
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dxu46 wrote:Welcome to the 2019 Road Scholar Question Marathon!!!
Question: Convert 82 degrees into a bearing.
82 degrees Northeast?
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Anomaly wrote:
dxu46 wrote:Welcome to the 2019 Road Scholar Question Marathon!!!
Question: Convert 82 degrees into a bearing.
82 degrees Northeast?
North 82 degrees East, but it's fine, your turn
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dxu46 wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
dxu46 wrote:Welcome to the 2019 Road Scholar Question Marathon!!!
Question: Convert 82 degrees into a bearing.
82 degrees Northeast?
North 82 degrees East, but it's fine, your turn
shhhh its been a while
1. How many states use the PLSS system?
2. Which states do not use it?
3. What is an example of another system used instead of PLSS?
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Anomaly wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
82 degrees Northeast?
North 82 degrees East, but it's fine, your turn
shhhh its been a while
1. How many states use the PLSS system?
2. Which states do not use it?
3. What is an example of another system used instead of PLSS?
1. A lot (theres no way we're gonna have to know all)
2. A lot (i.e. Kentucky)
3. Metes & Bounds
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dxu46 wrote:
Anomaly wrote:shhhh its been a while
1. How many states use the PLSS system?
2. Which states do not use it?
3. What is an example of another system used instead of PLSS?
1. A lot (theres no way we're gonna have to know all)
2. A lot (i.e. Kentucky)
3. Metes & Bounds
1. I was looking for the exact number of states, which is thirty
2. 20 states do not use it, don't just say "a lot" :P
3. Correct
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General Knowledge:
1. How many sections are in one township/range?
2. What does UTM stand for?
3. Why are topo maps rectangular instead of squared?
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dxu46 wrote:
General Knowledge:
1. How many sections are in one township/range?
2. What does UTM stand for?
3. Why are topo maps rectangular instead of squared?
1. uhhh 36?
2. Universal Transverse Mercator (or something like that)
3. Does it have something to do with how latitude and longitude isn't a rectangular grid system like UTM? (like 1 degree of latitude by 1 degree of longitude will differ depending on where you are?)
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Anomaly wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
General Knowledge:
1. How many sections are in one township/range?
2. What does UTM stand for?
3. Why are topo maps rectangular instead of squared?
1. uhhh 36?
2. Universal Transverse Mercator (or something like that)
3. Does it have something to do with how latitude and longitude isn't a rectangular grid system like UTM? (like 1 degree of latitude by 1 degree of longitude will differ depending on where you are?)
Fair enough, for 3 I was expecting something like lat/long are only equal at the equator due to the spherical shape of the earth, but it's fine.
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dxu46 wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
General Knowledge:
1. How many sections are in one township/range?
2. What does UTM stand for?
3. Why are topo maps rectangular instead of squared?
1. uhhh 36?
2. Universal Transverse Mercator (or something like that)
3. Does it have something to do with how latitude and longitude isn't a rectangular grid system like UTM? (like 1 degree of latitude by 1 degree of longitude will differ depending on where you are?)
Fair enough, for 3 I was expecting something like lat/long are only equal at the equator due to the spherical shape of the earth, but it's fine.
Can you post the next question?
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