Latitude and Longitude Basics World Geography Ms. Escorcia

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Latitude and Longitude BasicsWorld Geography
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Latitude and Longitude

• Are measured in degrees
• Latitude how far north or south from Equator
• Longitude how far east or west from the Prime
  Meridian

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Latitude

• Equator 0 degrees latitude
• Divides the Northern and Southern hemisphere
  
• Arctic Circle 66 1/3 degrees North
• Tropic of Cancer 23 1/3 degrees North
• Tropic of Capricorn 23 1/3 degrees South
• Antarctic Circle 66 1/3 degrees South

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Longitude (Meridians)0 degrees to 180 degrees

• Prime Meridian 0 degrees longitude
• (runs through Greenwich, England)
• Divides the Eastern and Western hemisphere
• Every 15 degrees creates a one hour time
  difference
• Degree, minutes', seconds?

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Maps vs. Globes

• Maps
• 1) compact
• 2) are able to show more detail
• 3) focus on specific areas
• 4) may be distorted
• Globes
• 1) true size
• 2) too bulky

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Different Types of Maps

• 4 common Map PROJECTIONS
• Winkel Tripel Projection

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• Robinson Projection

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• Goodes Interrupted Equal-Area Projection

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• Mercator Projection