What is geography?
Jan 18, 2016
What is geography?
Geography is a lot of things:
Cartographer: a person who makes maps
What are three things they might use?1. computer2. GPS (global positioning satellite)3. protractor
Globes: are accurate spherical representations of the Earth.
What is an advantage of using a
globe? A disadvantage?
What is an advantage of using a
globe? A disadvantage?
ADVANTAGE DISADVANTAGE
-shapes, sizes, and distances are shown accurately
-hard to carry around-can only see one side of the Earth at a time-less detailed
Maps: are flat representations of the Earth. They always present a distorted image.
Distortion: a misrepresentation of an image that changes its size or shape.
Mercator Projection: shows true shape but distorts size
Look at Greenland in comparison to the US.
Robinson Projection: shows fairly accurate size and shape of land with only a little distortion.
Latitude: measure of distance North or South of the equator.
- these lines run East to West
- The equator is o° latitude.
Longitude: measure of distance East or West of Prime Meridian.
- these lines run North to South
- The Prime Meridian is o°
longitude.
Locations are written in the following format:
°N or S/°E or W or Latitude/Longitude
(Hint: It is alphabetical)