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Haley Draper, GISP, is a geographic information systems specialist for a county planning department in Lansing, Michigan. She creates parcel and floodplain maps for local infrastructure and assists residents with interpreting topographic charts. Draper previously interned with a regional transit authority digitizing bus route maps. She also writes for Biology Insights.

What Is a Possible Disadvantage of Using a Smaller Contour Interval?
What Type of Plate Boundary Makes Mountains?
What Is a Landmass? From Continents to Islands
Where Does the New Day Officially Start?
Are Deltas Formed by Erosion or Deposition?
How Might a Stream Channel Become Braided?
What Type of Map Shows Landforms and Elevation?
What Is the Ultimate Base Level of a Stream?
What Happens When a Levee Breaks?
What Is an Index Contour on a Topographic Map?
What Is One Element a Topographic Map Shows?
What Does Contour Interval Mean on a Map?
Where Are Quarries Located and Why?
What Is a Gulch in Geography and How Is It Formed?
How Common Are Caves? A Look at the Numbers
What Is a Benchmark on a Topographic Map?
What Are Topographic Maps Used For?
How to Make a Contour Map: Manual and Digital Methods
What Are Mounds? Types, Functions, and Construction
What Is a Peak on a Topographic Map?
What Is a Gradient on a Topographic Map?
How Is a Plateau Different From a Fault-Block Mountain?
Ways That Floods Can Damage Roads
What Is a Gorge in Geography and How Is It Formed?
What Are the Physical Characteristics of Land?
Do Transform Boundaries Cause Mountains?
What Is a Rolling Hill and How Are They Formed?
Are Mountains Measured From Sea Level?
What Is the Geologic Definition of a Stream?
How to Calculate Gradient on a Topographic Map