Coordinates Flashcards
Two ways to describe location
Relative location and absolute location
Relative location
Relative location of a place to another place
Example of relative location
Tapiola is east of espoo
Compass points
Nort, east, south, west (north-east, south-east, south-west, north-west)
Absolute location
A point on the earth’s surfave expressed by a coordinate system such as latitude and longtitude
Example of absolut location
The absolute location of espoo is 60 degrees N, 24 degrees E
Latitude =
latitude is the angular distance in degrees° of a point North or South of the Equator. It’s values vary From 0°-90°
Longtitude=
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°
Latitudes and longtitudes together form
The grid