Connecticut Water Trails Association
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Connecticut Water Trails Program Topographic Maps 101 The Basics The Five D's - Designations
Places and other map features are designated by
name in various different styles of lettering.
Here is a list of the ones used on topographic maps.
Regular Roman
(Upright) -
(like the lettering you are reading now) is used for places,
boundary lines, and
area names.
Italics
(Slanted) letters are used on hydrographic / water features.
Block
Letters are used for hypsographic names / elevation features.
Slanted Block
Letters are used for names of public works and descriptive notes.
Designating An Unmarked Location
There will be many times you will want to
indicate a location on a map which has no designated name. The
simplest way to work around this is to make use of a place name that
is closest to the location you are referring to.
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