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Location Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reference Map | Shows the location of the geographic areas for which census data are tabulated and disseminated |
| Thematic Map | type of map or chart especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area |
| GPS | Global Positioning System, a navigational system of signals from a network of satellites used to accurately determine locations on the earth's surface |
| GIS | Geographic Information System, A computer application used to store, view, and analyze geographical information, especially maps |
| Distance Scale | a ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map |
| Directional Indicator | a compass that assists an airplane pilot in flying a predetermined course by direct reading and comparison of two indicators one of which is set for the desired heading. |
| Inset Map | More detailed (larger scale) 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 explanatory table or list of the symbols appearing on a map or chart |
| Latitude (Parallels) | the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator |
| Longitude (Meridians) | the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England |
| Equator | an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0° |
| Prime Meridian | a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude. |
| Northern Hemisphere | the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator |
| Southern Hemisphere | the hemisphere that is to the south of the equator |
| Eastern Hemisphere | the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude. |
| Western Hemisphere | the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian |
| Continents | any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America). |
| Map grid | A symbolized network of lines, or graticule, representing parallels and meridians or plane coordinates |
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