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Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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reference map | the location of the geographic area for which census data and or tabulated and disseminated |
thematic map | a map or chart especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic areas |
GPS | a worldwide MEO satellite navigational system formed by 24 satellites orbiting the Earth |
GIS | geographic information system integrates hardware,software,and data for capturing,managing, analyzing, and displaying |
Distance Scale | particular length or distance determined with the precision of one order (or a few orders) of magnitude |
directional indicator | An instrument which displays heading transmitted electrically from a remote compass system. |
inset map | representation of a specific area on a map usually placed in an uncluttered portion of the same sheet as the smaller scale main map. |
legend | An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical |
latitude (parallels) | north-south measurement of position on the Earth |
longitude (meridians) | Angular distance on the earth's surface, measured east or west from the prime meridian |
Equator | An imaginary circle around the Earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole; the largest circumference of the Earth. |
Prime Meridian | The zero meridian (0°), used as a reference line from which longitude east and west is measured |
northern hemisphere | The half of the earth north of the equator. |
southern hemisphere | outhern portion or half of the Earth |
eastern hemisphere | a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian (which crosses Greenwich, England, United Kingdom) and west of 180° longitude |
western hemisphere | The half of the earth comprising North America, Central America, and South America. |
continents | The major land masses of the earth. According to tradition most people speak of seven continents on the planet. |
map grid | a metal frame with bars across it |