Reading a topographic map

Orienteering map: a course that draws itself, scale with an equation, table with formulas, contour lines with Transform and a 3D runner.

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  1. Reading a topographic map
  2. Scale: how much the world shrinks
  3. From centimetres to kilometres
  4. A mountain in slices
  5. Seen from above: contour lines
  6. From control to control
  7. North at the top. Scale at hand. The lines tell you the mountain.

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