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I received my AT Thru-Hikers Companion guide today. The elevation graphic has symbols underneath most of the notable point along the graph. I can figure out 99 % of them but what is that circle with the squiggly line coming from it? I'm not going to guess what it looks like from a medical viewpoint but I can probably deduce that it doesn't mean what it looks like. I can't seem to find a legend for them in the book. Thanks.
I've got the 2013 separate Book of Profiles and that symbol stands for water. Yes, it does look like something else.
Sarcasm the elf
05-27-2014, 22:42
It sounds like you might be describing the symbol for undeveloped water. This photo is from one of my older ATC maps: (I have no idea why the photo rotated)
rocketsocks
05-27-2014, 22:48
It sounds like you might be describing the symbol for undeveloped water. This photo is from one of my older ATC maps: (I have no idea why the photo rotated)
I still don't get the circle w/squiggly line thing being water.
Well, thank you all for that info and illustration. I'm either absolutely missing it in the book or it will just bite me at some point. I was going to guess it was water but it would have been just a guess. Thanks again.
bigcranky
05-28-2014, 07:32
A spring is often a small hole in the ground with a tiny stream of water coming from it. The "circle with a squiggly line" has been used to signify springs on maps for as long as I've been looking at maps.
Gambit McCrae
05-28-2014, 09:06
I still don't get the circle w/squiggly line thing being water.
The circle symbolises the starting of the water source, the squiggly shows the flow/ direction of the source, thus is why it changes direction
Rain Man
05-28-2014, 09:56
Symbols often seem "obvious" to those who have used them for a long time, while they often are anything but obvious to the general public. Thus the reason a prominent guide of "key" is important. I still search some maps over and over for a symbol key, to no avail. Alas.
Anyway, it's not just you, but from now on you'll think that little sperm icon is obviously and innately a water source, I bet. :D
Rain Man
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rocketsocks
05-28-2014, 11:14
Symbols often seem "obvious" to those who have used them for a long time, while they often are anything but obvious to the general public. Thus the reason a prominent guide of "key" is important. I still search some maps over and over for a symbol key, to no avail. Alas.
Anyway, it's not just you, but from now on you'll think that little sperm icon is obviously and innately a water source, I bet. :D
Rain Man
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Naw, just looks like a balloon that got away, but if you say water is at the end of the line, well that's good enough for me...and no I won't forget...thanks fella's.
Ricky&Jack
05-28-2014, 11:48
an easy way to remember:
the circle with a squiggley line looks like the end of a pipe with water coming out. (signifing the begining of water)
Rain Man
05-28-2014, 17:22
Naw, just looks like a balloon that got away, ....
Ahhhh... those icons are balloon launch points, eh?! Learn something new every day. LOL
Rain Man
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OK I guess nobody saw it quite the way I did. There are nasty microorganisms with flagella, resembling that "undeveloped water" icon. I always took it to mean: water here, we don't know what's swimming in it, use at your own risk. Look up "protozoa" on google images.
Interesting. I will certainly not be forgetting that symbol now. It will stand out from the rest. I'm enjoying the interpretations of it being a water source. "Pipe with water coming out of it", "Symbol of a protozoa denoting an undeveloped water source with questionable germs" etc.