Trails of the Prentiss Woods

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Trails of the Prentiss Woods
ASK GEOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS

• Where are the trails and rest areas
• located in the Prentiss woods?
• Where is the Cross Country Loop?

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Acquire Geographic Data

• Data
• e911 roads
• aerial photo
• schools and libraries
• GPS points

• Sources
• MEGIS
• MEGIS
• MEGIS
• GPS

• Projection
• NAD83 Zone19

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Explore Geographic Data
We started by overlapping all layers and making
sure everything lined up. Then we edited our GPS
points and trails to make everything fit together
smoothly. After labeling streets and creating a
legend our map was done.
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Analyze Geographic Information

• The benches are located
• only on the right half of
• the woods.

• The Cross Country Loop
• is the two outer trails.

Benches are White
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Act On Geographic Knowledge

• Make Maps for Others.
• Distribute maps of the trails to those who would
  use them.
• Find out about the cost of new benches.

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References

• MEGIS
• Mrs. Chernosky