TERMS
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CHARTS and GLOBAL ORGANIZATION SYSTEM
SECTIONALS
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The art and science of creating maps.
What is Cartography?
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A unit length about 6,076 feet.
What is a Nautical Mile?
100
A chart specifically designed for aviation use and Visual Flight Rules (VFR). The scale is 1:500,000 or about 8 statute miles to one inch.
What is a Sectional Chart?
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The chart name (in front of chart or label) refers to the (BLANK) within the coverage of the sectional.
What is the Primary City?
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The chart’s (BLANK) is a colorful array of the
symbols and graphics representing features in the
chart of interest to pilots and giving information
about them.
What is the Legend?
200
A system of lines that run parallel to the equator, also known as parallels.
What is Latitude? (Or, what are Latitude lines?)
200
A method of transferring a portion of the Earth’s
surface onto a flat chart. The most widely used in
aeronautical charts is the Lambert Conformal Conic.
What is a Projection?
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A chart covering larger area than sectional chart. Scale is 1:1,000,000 or 16 statute mile per inch.
What is a WAC (or World Aeronautical Chart)?
200
Black arrows in the upper right and left corners indicate which side of the sectional is .....
What is North and South?
200
Looking at the legend for the New York sectional, the location of the highest terrain is...
What is 44 degrees 16' N - 71 degrees 18' W
300
An illustration showing the symbols that are used on charts or maps...
What is a legend?
300
A term used to describe elevations. A (blank)
depicted by colors, contour lines and shading.
What is a Relief?
300
A small, or abbreviated mark on a line.
What is a Tick Mark?
300
Blotches on the sectional means that additional information is available about large airports on the ...
What is the Terminal Area Chart?
300
The contour interval on the New York sectional is...
What is 500 feet?
400
A system of lines, known as meridians, between the north and south poles.
What is Longitude?
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A unit of length that is 5,280 feet.
What is a Statute Mile?
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Swiss mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer who created the Lambert Conformal Conic.
Who was Johan Heinrich Lambert?
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The color band below the illustration of the United States shows a vertical representation of maximum height areas and tints assigned to each one thousand feet of elevation. These are called...
What is the Relief?
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The letter that identifies a heliport is...
What is an "H"?
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The concept that an airplane is located somewhere along a given line.
What is Line of Position (LOP)?
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The size of an item on a chart, compared to it in reality.
What is Scale?
500
Charts are revised every six months and show, in (BLANK) color, the date when they become obsolete.
What is Magenta?
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(a) Looking at the New York sectional, the Green tint at sea level shows the lowest point, while this color represents the maximum height...
(b) The maximum height shown is....
(a) What is Gold?
(b) What is 6288 feet?
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An "X" through an airport location indicates that it is...
What is "Abandoned"?