{"id":1632,"date":"2017-09-18T21:04:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T21:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2017-09-23T21:33:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T21:33:28","slug":"topo-talk-the-language-of-topographic-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/?p=1632","title":{"rendered":"TOPO TALK &#8211;  The Language of Topographic Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Saturday, Sept. 30<\/h2>\n<h2>5:00 pm<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Balsam-Lake-Mt-hiking-map-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1637\" src=\"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Balsam-Lake-Mt-hiking-map--300x291.jpg\" alt=\"Balsam Lake Mt hiking map\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Balsam-Lake-Mt-hiking-map--300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Balsam-Lake-Mt-hiking-map--52x50.jpg 52w, https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Balsam-Lake-Mt-hiking-map-.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Explore the world of topographic maps.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0 They tell us a lot about the land around us.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A &#8216;topo&#8217; map shows the shape of the Earth&#8217;s surface with <strong>contour lines<\/strong>.\u00a0 These lines make it possible to measure the <strong>height of mountains<\/strong> and <strong>steepness of slopes<\/strong> \u2013 great information for anyone planning a hike or a fishing outing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0 <strong>BRING<\/strong><\/span> a <strong>favorite trail or fishing map with topo features<\/strong> to share, show others a particular map feature you like \u2013 or just come!<\/p>\n<p>This will be a relaxed gathering for map enthusiasts; beginners are welcome.\u00a0 Light refreshments.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>RSVP<\/strong><\/span> at 845 439 5507.<\/h3>\n<p>Co-Sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/cffcm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Catskill Fly Fishing Center &amp; Museum<\/a>, to compliment the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/?p=1502\" target=\"_blank\">Catskill Rivers and Trails\u201d<\/a> exhibit<\/p>\n<p>at Morgan Outdoors through Oct. 9th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Map<\/strong>: from of the &#8220;Catskill Trails &#8211; set of 6 maps&#8221; published by the <strong>NY-NJ Trail Conference<\/strong> (and sold at Morgan Outdoors).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, Sept. 30 5:00 pm \u00a0 Explore the world of topographic maps. \u00a0 They tell us a lot about the land around us. A &#8216;topo&#8217; map shows the shape of the Earth&#8217;s surface with contour lines.\u00a0 These lines make it possible to measure the height of mountains and steepness of slopes \u2013 great information for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}