cartography Flashcards
what is a map
a model of earth’s surface
what is cartography
the science of mapmaking
the greek word “charte” means
piece of paper
“graphy” refers to
a drawing
who was ptolemy
an egyptian astronomer and geographer who helped change cartography
who was the first person to put north on top of a map
ptolemy
what is modern mapmaking based on
a coordinate system
a coordinate system allows one to
locate a point by labeling it with numbers
what are the numbers in a coordinate system known as
coordinates
what is the most commonly used coordinate system
the cartesian system
what is a point
a position on a place
what is latitude/parallels
imaginary parallel lines that go from east to west in a coordinate system to locate any point in the world
what is longitude/meridian
imaginary lines that go from north to south and pass through the north and south pole
how many degrees of latitude are there
360
how many degreed of longitude are there
360
five major parallels of latitudes are
arctic circle
tropic of cancer
equator
tropic of Capricorn
antarctic circle
what is the equator
an imaginary line at 0 latitude that goes from east to west and is the reference point of latitude
what is the prime meridian
an imaginary line at 0 longitude that goes form north to south and is the reference point for longitude
what is the international dateline
an imaginary line on the 180 meridian which marks the international date from one day to the next
what are the halves of the world
hemisphere
for latitude degrees are positive towards
north
what is each degree divided into
minutes
what is each minute divided into
seconds
how many seconds in minute
60
