Today in class we took notes on grids and time zones. Latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north and south poloes of a point on Earths surface. Latitude is also measured by imaginary lines running parallel to the equator, and used to measure distance in degrees north or south of the equator. Facts about Latitude, known as parallels, run in a east - west direction, measure distance north or south from the equator, are parallel to one another and never met, and crosses prime meridian at right angle. Longitude is also a geographic coordinate that specifies the east - west position of a point on Earths surface. It also means measured by an imaginary lines circling the earth and running through the poles, and used to measure distance indegres east or west from the prime meridian. The prime meridian passes through Green wich, England and is given the position of 0 longitude. The map is a two - dimensional or flat scaled model of the earths surface. The art and science of mapmaking is a cartography. Maps serve two purposes as a reference tool to identify on objects absolute and reactive location. As a comouncation tool to convey the distribution of human activities or physical features. Absolute location is a portion as expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude ( north or south of the equator) and longitude ( east or west of the prime meridian)
Relative location is the regional position or situation of a place relative to position of other places.
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