Geographic Understanding
Terms
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- Longitude
- Distance eat and weat of the prime meridian,measured in degrees.
- General Purpose Maps
- Map that contains many different types of information.
- Prime Meridan
- Line of longitude on maps or globes that joins the north and south poles and runs through Greenwich, England.
- Geographic Information Systems
- Integrated software package for the input, management,analysis, and display of spatial information.
- Thematic Maps
- Map containing information on only one topic or theme.
- Equator
- The great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis, equidistant everywhere from the two poles of the sphere or heavenly body.
- Latitude
- Distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees.
- Compass Rose
- Diagram, in the shape of a flower, showing directions and bearings used to indicate direction on maps.
- Map Projection
- Method used to transfer features of the globe onto the flat surface of a map.
- Topographic Maps
- Large-scale map showing both natural and human-made features.