Spring Equinox 2002 -- Volume V, Number 1
Welcome back to Map Mania!
As you'll recall, we skipped this feature last issue due to time constraints, but we've come roaring back with some brand-spankin'-new puzzles that will, we hope, give all you mapheads out there something to sink your teeth into.
The puzzles should be familiar by now: the Digital Elevation Model (DEM), the aerial photograph, and the time-honored traditional map snippets are all here. So get to it!
When you've got it all straightened out, send your list of answers via email to
mapmania@ventanawild.org.
The first one to correctly solve all the puzzles will be rewarded with a copy of the Wilderness Handbook, and can expect one of these super-informative booklets in the mailbox shortly after making the competiton eat crow.
| Snippet 1: Indian Valley. | Snippet 2: Devils Peak. | Snippet 3: Mount Mars. |
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Digital Elevation Model (DEM):
Big Sur 7.5' USGS Quad: 1. Pico Blanco 2. South Fork Little Sur 3. Pico Blanco Boy Scout Camp 4. Bottchers Gap |
Aerial Photo: Tassajara Hot Springs. |
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Below you'll find three snippets from the various 7.5' USGS topographic quads that cover the northern Santa Lucia. Each snippet represents a unique and describable place somewhere on the Monterey Ranger District of the Los Padres National Forest. As always, it is not entirely unimaginable that identifying text or symbols may have been digitally removed from any or all of the snippets, in the hope of sowing confusion and despair among our readers.
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SNIPPET 1
Name the peak. |
SNIPPET 2Name the camp. |
SNIPPET 3What creek?? |
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Below is a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of part of a USGS 7.5' quad showing a an area lying partially within the Ventana Wilderness. The view direction is south. Identify by name the camp indicated at point 1 and the geographical features indicated at points 2 and 3. |
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Below is an aerial photograph of a well-known location in the Ventana Wilderness area. Identify by name the geographical features indicated by the red numerals and the named locations indicated by the red letters. North is at the top of the image. |
OK, think you have it all figured out? Email your answers to us at
mapmania@ventanawild.org.
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