A Digital Orthophoto Quarter-Quad map, also referred to as the DOQQ map, is a "digital raster image of an aerial photo mapped by the USGS, specifically a "quarter-quad," or the extent of one fourth of a 7.5-minute quadrangle, often used in GIS applications" (google define). The DOQQ map shown above is a one meter example Washington, DC.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
DEM
A DEM map, also known as a Digital Elevation Model, is a digital file consisting of terrain elevations for ground positions at regularly-spaced horizontal intervals (google define). The above map is a great model or example for a DEM map. It summarizes the date found at the Hartnett study site, and the color/shading of the different levels of elevation makes the map alot easier to read and easier to distinguish (the different layers).
DLG
A digital line graph, commonly known as a DLG, "is digital vector data representing cartographic information. DLGs contain a wide variety of information depicting geographic features (for example, hypsography, hydrography, boundaries, roads, utility lines, etc) (http://oregonexplorer.info/craterlake/dlg.html). The above digital line graph displays cartogarphic information gathered at Lake tahoe.
DRG
A digital raster graphics map, also known as a DRG map, consists of scanned images of U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps. These scanned image can be used to collect, review, and revise other digital data (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/assets/public/gis/images/drg.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/gis/drg.html&usg=__qxjL45cP4iIaG2I7U_tRa1wO3Vs=&h=556&w=607&sz=97&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=XTr5fV2kfCeExM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=136&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDRG%2Bmap%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GPEA_enUS297US302%26sa%3DN).
Isopleths
Isopachs
Isohyets
An Isohyet is a line on a map connecting points that receive equal precipitation. The map shown above is an example of the isohyet map and displays data found while researching the mean annual rainfall is Tasmania.
http://soer.justice.tas.gov.au/2003/image/265/water%20quantity/m-ilw_quantity_rainfall-l.gif
http://soer.justice.tas.gov.au/2003/image/265/water%20quantity/m-ilw_quantity_rainfall-l.gif
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