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Map Maker
Map Maker
  1. Make a map by triangulation, using prismatic compass or plane table. The area should include fields, a building and a pond or equivalent features.
  2. Make a road map, with a compass and field book, of four kilometres of road, showing all main features and objects, within reasonable distance on each side, to a scale of five centimetres per kilometre. The field book must be produced for inspection.
  3. Enlarge such portions of a 1:50 000 scale O.S. map as the examiner may determine by a 1:3 proportion.
  4. Draw a simple cross-section of a 1:50 000 scale O.S. map (the line chosen is to include varied features, gradients, etc.).
 

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