Contour Maps & Profiles

TECH 1521

Contours

Hoover Dam/Lake Mead

Lake Oroville

Deep Creek Mesa

Shelby Farms (Google Earth)

Rice Farms...

See also Laser Leveling Training Manual

See: Topography Memphis Riverside

Contours

Indicate line of constant elevation. Used in applications other than mapping (example: ship design).

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Contour3D.jpg

Example:

Contour Maps

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Mount_Marcy_New_York_USGS_topo_map_1979.JPG

Telluride

Profile

Section view of a contoured surface.

Cut and Fill

https://www.reddit.com/user/Ok-Cicada-5207/

Cut & Fill

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Cut and Fill Google Streetview

Plan View

Fill at Pickwick Dam

Fill at Oroville Dam

Arkabutla Lake

Example

Example

Cut & Fill

Cut & Fill

See: Topo Golf

Try it out!

Source Code

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