 The actual relation between the scale and contours of a map, and the ground represented cannot be taught from books. It comes only from actual practice in using a map in the field where it can be compared with the ground, and the student gradually acquires...  Topographic Maps and Sketch Mapping - Page 44by James Kip Finch - 1920 - 175 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Greenhood - Art - 1964 - 310 pages
...actual relation between scale and contours of a map, and the ground represented, cannot be taught in books. It comes only from actual practice in using...mind the ground represented when looking at a map." It is possible to become so expert in reading contours that without visiting the place you can draw... | |
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