WEB MAPPING FINAL PAPER Q&A: 2026
STUDY GUIDE 100% CORRECT TESTED
QUESTIONS
⫸ What does 'pattern' refer to in photo interpretation? Answer: The
arrangement of objects in an image.
⫸ What does 'site and association' mean in image interpretation?
Answer: Location of objects and their related attributes.
⫸ What does 'size' refer to in image interpretation? Answer: Physical
dimensions of objects.
⫸ What does 'shadow' indicate in an aerial image? Answer:
Information about height and depth.
⫸ What is 'tone' in image interpretation? Answer: Grayscale levels or
intensity of colors in an image.
⫸ What is Mean Sea Level (MSL)? Answer: The average sea level
used as a baseline for elevation.
⫸ What is absolute relief? Answer: Actual numeric heights and their
differences.
, ⫸ What is relative relief? Answer: Height of one point in relation to
another.
⫸ What are contour lines? Answer: Connected lines of uniform
elevation on a map.
⫸ What does a contour interval represent? Answer: The vertical
difference between contour lines.
⫸ What do closely spaced contour lines indicate? Answer: A steep
slope.
⫸ What do widely spaced contour lines indicate? Answer: A gentle
slope or flat land.
⫸ What is hypsometric tinting? Answer: Elevation represented by
color on a map.
⫸ What are isobaths? Answer: Lines of equal water depth below
MSL.
⫸ What is slope in terrain measurement? Answer: Change in
elevation defined as rise/run.
⫸ How is slope calculated as a percentage? Answer: Divide rise by
run and multiply by 100.
STUDY GUIDE 100% CORRECT TESTED
QUESTIONS
⫸ What does 'pattern' refer to in photo interpretation? Answer: The
arrangement of objects in an image.
⫸ What does 'site and association' mean in image interpretation?
Answer: Location of objects and their related attributes.
⫸ What does 'size' refer to in image interpretation? Answer: Physical
dimensions of objects.
⫸ What does 'shadow' indicate in an aerial image? Answer:
Information about height and depth.
⫸ What is 'tone' in image interpretation? Answer: Grayscale levels or
intensity of colors in an image.
⫸ What is Mean Sea Level (MSL)? Answer: The average sea level
used as a baseline for elevation.
⫸ What is absolute relief? Answer: Actual numeric heights and their
differences.
, ⫸ What is relative relief? Answer: Height of one point in relation to
another.
⫸ What are contour lines? Answer: Connected lines of uniform
elevation on a map.
⫸ What does a contour interval represent? Answer: The vertical
difference between contour lines.
⫸ What do closely spaced contour lines indicate? Answer: A steep
slope.
⫸ What do widely spaced contour lines indicate? Answer: A gentle
slope or flat land.
⫸ What is hypsometric tinting? Answer: Elevation represented by
color on a map.
⫸ What are isobaths? Answer: Lines of equal water depth below
MSL.
⫸ What is slope in terrain measurement? Answer: Change in
elevation defined as rise/run.
⫸ How is slope calculated as a percentage? Answer: Divide rise by
run and multiply by 100.
