CARTOGRAPHY REVIEW INNOVATIONS Refresher 2024

The area to be covered by vertical aerial photography is 9km by 5km. The focal length of the camera is 160mm, with a
220mm by 220mm format. Scale is 1:10000 and the end-lap is 60% with a side-lap of 30%. If the plane used travels at a
constant speed of 170kph,

1. What is the ground cover?

a. 1100m c. 1500m
b. 2200m d. 1800m
2. What is the angular field of view?
a. 90.64 c. 88.39
b. 85.16 d. 95.12
3. How long should the intervalometer setting allow between exposures?
a. 9 c. 11
b. 10 d. 12
4. What is the minimum number of photos?
a. 60 c. 80
b. 65 d. 90

Aerial photography is to be acquired over an area of 2.3km N-S and 4.2km E-W. From map scale and accuracy
requirements, it has been determined that photos must be at an average scale of 1:5000, the photo format is 22cm by
22cm. End-lap and side-lap are 65% and 40%, respectively.

5. What is the direction of the flight lines?

a. N to S c. SE to NW
b. E to W d. NE to SW
6. If the focal length is 6in, what is the angular field of view?
a. 91.18deg c. 94.33deg
b. 88.45deg d. 96.11deg
7. Compute for the ground cover.
a. 1100m c. 1350m
b. 1250m d. 1000m
8. If the plane travels at a constant speed of 170kph, compute for the intervalometer setting.
a. 5.10s c. 5.20s
b. 5.00s d. 6.00s
9. What is the distance between exposures?
a. 375.781m c. 379.983m
b. 385.000m d. 314.220m
10. What is the distance between flight lines?
a. 385m c. 479m
b. 402m d. 660m
11. How many exposures are there for each flight line, if there are additional photos at both ends of the area?
a. 6 c. 8
b. 7 d. 9
12. How many flight lines will there be, if there are additional photos at both ends of the area?
a. 3 c. 5
b. 4 d. 6
13. How many photos will there be in total?
a. 48 c. 78
b. 64 d. 60
14. What is the flying height above mean ground?
a. 804m c. 722m
b. 762m d. 690m

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An aerial photographic film is optimally exposed with an f-stop setting of f-11 and a shutter speed of 1/4000 sec

15. Determine the correct f-stop setting if the shutter speed is changed to 1/1000 second.
a. F-22 c. F-11
b. F-16 d. F-8
16. Determine the correct f-stop setting if the shutter speed is changed to 1/8000 second.
a. F-22 c. F-11
b. F-16 d. F-8
17. Determine the correct f-stop setting if the shutter speed is changed to 1/2000 second.
a. F-22 c. F-11
b. F-16 d. F-8

A 152.4mm focal length camera was used on an aircraft flying at 4500m above the mean sea level (MSL) to take a
photograph of an object 900m above MSL. The tilt on the photograph was found to be 3.1 o.

18. What is the photographic scale at the isocenter (assumed to coincide with the principal point) of the photograph?
a. 1/21456.57 c. 1/28459.82
b. 1/23622.05 d. 1/25975.71
19. What is the distance from the principal point and nadir?
a. 7.15mm c. 6.88mm
b. 8.25mm d. 9.40mm
20. What is the photographic scale at 8cm from the principal point on the upper side of tilt?
a. 1/22969.98 c. 1/23876.22
b. 1/28543.31 d. 1/28965.36
21. What is the photographic scale at 3cm from the principal point on the lower side of tilt?
a. 1/21396.77 c. 1/23876.22
b. 1/28543.31 d. 1/28965.36

A 4in focal length camera was used on an aircraft flying at 5000m above the mean sea level (MSL) to take a photograph of
an object 1200m above MSL. The tilt on the photograph was found to be 3.8o.

22. What is the photographic scale at the isocenter of the photograph?

a. 1/37401.57 c. 1/31429.02
b. 1/38543.31 d. 1/28965.36
23. What is the distance from the principal point and nadir?
a. 6.75mm c. 9.11mm
b. 8.25mm d. 3.37mm
24. What is the photographic scale at 6cm from the principal point on the upper side of tilt?
a. 1/34096.78 c. 1/35916.90
b. 1/28543.31 d. 1/33965.46
25. What is the photographic scale at 4.5cm from the principal point on the lower side of tilt?
a. 1/34396.77 c. 1/31429.02
b. 1/38062.76 d. 1/37965.36

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26. If the latitude and longitude of the point of intersection of the extreme east meridian and extreme south parallel
of the cadastral map are 14°49’N and 120°54’E, what is the cadastral number of the sectional cadastral map in
the scale of 1:500 of the shaded area?

a. CM 14°49’N - 120°53’E sec2-C-NE c. CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec2-C-NW

b. CM 14°48’N - 120°54’E sec2-C-NW d. CM 14°48’N - 120°53’E sec2-C-NE

27. If the latitude and longitude of the point of intersection of the extreme west meridian and extreme south parallel
of the cadastral map are 14°49’N and 120°54’E, what is the cadastral number of the sectional cadastral map in
the scale of 1:500 of the shaded area?

a. CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec3-B-SE c. CM 14°49’N - 120°54’E sec3-B-SW

b. CM 14°49’N - 120°53’E sec3-B-SE d. CM 14°49’N - 120°53’E sec3-B-SW

BLLM#1 (20000N, 20000E)

LAT = 10-35-18.9 N
LONG = 123-57-41.3 E
Meters/second of latitude = 30.482
Meters/second of longitude = 29.584
BBM#3 (21204.45N, 17687.42E)

28. What is the difference in latitude?

a. 71.01” c. 39.51”
b. 33.78” d. 51.78”
29. What is the difference in longitude?
a. 78.17” c. 23.15”
b. 64.15” d. 45.87”
30. What is the latitude of BBM3?
a. 10-35-58.41 N c. 10-35-48.31 N
b. 10-36-48.31 N d. 10-36-58.41 N
31. What is the longitude of BBM3?
a. 123-55-23.13 E c. 123-57-13.13 E
b. 123-56-13.13 E d. 123-56-23.13 E

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32. What is the area covered by the cadastral map?

a. 318.46has c. 320.14has
b. 324.64has d. 332.56has
33. What is the CM of BBM3?
a. CM 10-35 N, 123-57 E c. CM 10-36 N, 123-57 E
b. CM 10-36 N, 123-56 E d. CM 10-35 N, 123-56 E

The scale of two diapositives used to compile a manuscript in a Kelsh plotter is 1cm=600m. The focal length of the
camera is 150mm and the optimum projection distance is 900mm.

34. Compute the optimum model scale.

a. 1cm=1m c. 1:10000
b. 1.5cm=1m d. 1:10
35. If the average elevation of the terrain is 900m above MSL, what flight height above MSL should be used?
a. 8100m c. 9900m
b. 9000m d. 8930m

36. A hydrographic survey was conducted for the purpose of locating channel depths. The survey party consists of
the shore party and the boat party. On the shore, a sta gage was established in a secure place to such a depth
that it will give a definite reading. The sta reading at the instant that the sounding was taken was 3.15m. The
depth of sounding as recorded was to be 14.75m. The elevation of the zero mark of the sta was 118.42m.
Determine the elevation of the bottom of the channel.
a. 106.42m c. 107.26m
b. 106.82m d. 107.62m

37. A lake has the following surface area:

At elevation 0 = 12,000sqm
At elevation 2 = 15,500sqm
At elevation 4 = 21200 sqm
If at one time, the water level reached at elevation 2.25m, the volume of the water will be:
a. 63,700 m3 c. 31,230 m3
b. 31,464 m 3
d. 26,700 m3

38. Determine the scale ratio to replace the equivalent scale of 4 cm = 3200 m
a. 1:20000 c. 1:60000
b. 1:40000 d. 1:80000

Suppose that the calibrated distances between the fiducial marks on the camera are 23.27cm along x-axis and 23.28cm
along y-axis. The corresponding distances measured on a photographic print from the same camera are 23.35cm and
23.38cm. If the photo-coordinates, x and y, of a point measured on the print are 12.48cm and 5.82cm,
39. What is the corrected X photo-coordinate of the point?
a. 12.42cm c. 12.44cm
b. 12.43cm d. 12.45cm
40. What is the corrected Y photo-coordinate of the point?
a. 5.80cm c. 5.82cm
b. 5.81cm d. 5.83cm

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