GEO 121 1st Edition Lecture 3 I I II III Outline of Last Lecture Topographic Maps Outline of Current Lecture Projections 1 Cone 2 Plane 3 Cylinder Robinson Projection Types of Survey Systems 1 Public Land Survey System PLSS 2 Metes and Bounds 3 Long Lot French 4 Civil Town New England Current Lecture Projection of Lines on a Globe Can Be o A Cone o A Plane o A Cylinder Robinson Projection Arthur H Robinson o 1963 o Miami University Graduate Created to show the entire globe on a flat surface Pros These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Appealing to look at o Met publisher Rand McNally s needs o Showed the entire globe Cons o Neither equal area nor conformal o Distortion near the Poles o Straight parallels imply sever angular distortion Survey Systems Public Land Survey System o Surveys based on townships and ranges Created based on a principle meridian and base line Metes and Bounds o Uses landmarks to indicate survey perimeters o Used in the Virginia Military District OH Long Lot o Used in France initially o Used in the French Grant Very small part of South Ohio Civil Town o Used in New England o Also called the New England Town o 5x5 mile sections o Best used on flat land o Used in the Connecticut Western Reserve and Fire Lands OH
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