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Well, it seems like last issue's
Map Mania
puzzle wasn't quite challenging enough, so
we've decided to kick it up a notch and give
all you clinically-certifiable Map Maniacs
something to really sink your snaggly teeth
into. In addition to the traditional map
snippets, we've brought back the popular
Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), and have
added a diabolical new challenge: this time
we're asking you to identify a well-known
Wilderness location from an aerial
photograph. Have we come up with a puzzle
worthy of our maphead members? Is it still
not tough enough? Or have we finally gone
too far?
Let us know
what you think.
When you've got it all straightened out, send your list of answers via email to mapmania@ventanawild.org , with the first one to correctly identify all the locations being the Master Map Maniac. So what's in it for the Master Map Maniac, you ask? Well, we just received a few more copies of the Wilderness Handbook , so the winner can expect one of these fine and super-informative booklets in the mailbox shortly after humiliating the competition. Last quarter's copy went to Brian Donahue of San Ramon, who was the first to solve the last Map Mania challenge. Here are his correct answers:
Snippet #1 -- Cooper Point, sec 27 Now pull out all those dog-eared topos of yours and get to work! |
MAP SNIPPETS
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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. Identifying text
may or may not have been removed from any
or all of the snippets to enhance the
difficulty of your task. We're not here
to make things easy for you!
You know the drill: describe the location of each of the snippets as best you can, using either actual placenames or your best geographic description. |
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DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEMs)
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DEM 1 below is a Digital Elevation
Model (DEM) of an
entire
USGS 7.5' quad (tilted almost
horizontal) showing a section of the
Big Sur Coast. Identify the quad and
points 1, 2, and 3 by name.
DEM 2 is also a model of an entire 7.5' quad, rotated in a random direction and tilted at a crazy angle in a calculated effort to confuse and disorient. Identify the quad and points 1, 2 and 3 by name. |
AERIAL PHOTO
| Below is an aerial photograph of a well-known location within the boundaries of the Ventana Wilderness. To make it a little easier we've included a scale and a Section corner (the red cross) which is shown on the USGS quad covering the area. North is at the top of the image. Identify the place in the photo by name. |
