EVENT PARAMETERS: Participants must bring a protractor, ruler, and a map symbol sheet to the event. Students may bring a calculator, notes, reference materials, and other measuring devices (e.g., Geo-Ruler, Navigational Protractor, etc.). The event supervisor has- the option to provide protractors, rulers, symbol sheets, and string. Participants may not have access to outside reference sources such as the Internet.

A TEAM OF UP TO: 2 APPROXIMATE TIME: 50 Minutes

THE COMPETITION: The event supervisor will provide all required maps, question booklets, and answer sheets. The event supervisor will inform participants when they may begin.

Question areas for topographic maps may include:

1. Map location/series/scale/index/legend

2. Marginal information

3. Interpreting contours

4. Magnetic declination

5. Locating and interpreting of map symbols

6. Locating and interpreting of map features

7. Survey control marks (control stations and spot elevations)

8. Azimuths and bearings -

9. *Determining stream gradient (feet per 1000 feet)

10. Determining distances between features (English and Metric units)

11. Geographic coordinates of features and symbols (degrees, minutes, seconds)

12. Public Land Survey System (PLSS)

13. Determining the elevation of features and symbols

14. *Determining slope (feet per 100 feet)

15. Use of Sector Reference System**

16. Determining direction of stream flow

17. *Profiles

*Areas with an * should be less difficult for regional exams.

Question areas for highway maps:

1. Determining distances between features

2. Map legend/tables/index

3. Map grid system

4. Locating and interpreting map symbols

5. City and regional inserts

SCORING: Teams will be ranked based upon their point total. Values of questions may be weighted. A minimum of three pre-identified questions will serve as tiebreakers.