Map Symbols, Checklist
Second Class Requirement (1a-part 2):
Explain what map symbols mean.
Pick out a map symbol name and click on it to see a picture of the symbol on a map.
Buildings (Barns & Warehouses)
Bridge
Campground
Cave
Cemetery
(example 1)
Cemetery
(example 2)
Channel
(as in waterway)
Church
Divided Highway
Dwellings (Buildings)
Gravel
Ice
Index Contours
Intermediate Contours
Intermittent Lake
Intermittent Stream
Lake
Reservoir (Lake)
Marsh (Swamp)
Marsh Submerged (Swamp Submerged)
Marsh Wooded (Wooded Swamp)
Orchard
Perennial Streams
Picnic Area
Primary Highwa
y (Hard surface Road)
Open Pit (Mine, Quarry)
Railroad
(example 1)
Railroad
(example 2)
Railroad
(example 3)
Rapids
(as in waterway)
Revision
(example 1)
Revision
(example 2)
Sand
(example 1
)
Sand
(example 2
)
Scrub
Secondary Highway
(Hard surfaced Road
)
Telephone Line
Trail
Transmission Line/Power Line
(example 1
)
Transmission Line/Power Line
(example 2
)
Unimproved Road
Well
Wells
Woods
To Map Symbols:
Pg 1
,
Pg 2
,
Pg 3
,
Pg 4
,
Pg 5
.
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