Question

Creating topographic profiles:
@e.mccormick

Answer 1

@e.mccormick

Answer 2

OK, so where are you getting stuck on profiles?

Answer 3

Describing and plotting them , as well as finding the distance as in the last page says to

Answer 4

OK, well, first off, a contour profile is generally not any sort of exact ratio. Things get distorted. But, they can be helpful in seeing how fast the rate of change in elevation is.

Answer 5

Lets say you have a map that shows 5 miles in one inch on the map. If you did an exact ratio, then a contour profile of 1 inch high would be 5 miles up and down! It would be really hard to properly draw in the heights because everything would be so close together at the bottom of the inch!

By allowing the scale to be uneven, so 5 miles to an inch in width but say 1000 feet of height per inch, you can make a useful representation.

Answer 6

Okay