Key Terms for Location
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| Reference Map | Shows the location of the geographic areas for which census data are tabulated and disseminated.
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| Thematic Map | Type of map especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area.
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| GPS | A space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere
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| GIS | A computerized data management system used to capture, store, manage, retrieve, analyze, and display spatial information.
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| Directional Indicator | Defined as the largest part of the current period price range which lies outside the previous period price range.
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| Inset Map | A small picture, map, etc., inserted within the border of a larger one.
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| Legend | Map Key
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| Latitude (Paralells) | The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator.
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| Longitude (Meridans) | The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
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| Equator | An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles.
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| Prime Meridian | A planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude.
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| Northern Hemisphere | The half of the earth that lies north of the equator
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| Southern Hemisphere | The half of the earth south of the equator.
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| Eastern Hemisphere | That half of the globe containing Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, lying east of the Greenwich meridian
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| Western Hemisphere | The western part of the terrestrial globe, including North and South America, their islands, and the surrounding waters.
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| Continents | Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
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| Map Grid | The coordinate system, and are numbered to provide a unique reference to features.
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| Distance Scale | The scale of a map is the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground.
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