Coordinates Flashcards

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Two ways to describe location

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Relative location and absolute location

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Relative location

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Relative location of a place to another place

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Example of relative location

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Tapiola is east of espoo

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Compass points

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Nort, east, south, west (north-east, south-east, south-west, north-west)

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Absolute location

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A point on the earth’s surfave expressed by a coordinate system such as latitude and longtitude

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Example of absolut location

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The absolute location of espoo is 60 degrees N, 24 degrees E

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Latitude =

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latitude is the angular distance in degrees° of a point North or South of the Equator. It’s values vary From 0°-90°

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Longtitude=

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Is the angular distance in degrees ° of a point east or west from the prime meridian in greenwich UK. Its values vary from 0°-180°

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9
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Latitudes and longtitudes together form

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The grid

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