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 | is a type of map especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area.
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| GPS | is a space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions
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| GIS | benefits organizations of all sizes and in almost every industry
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| distance scale | a ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map
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| directional indicator | as the largest part of the current period price range which lies outside the previous period price range
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| inset map | might show a detailed part of the map at a larger scale,
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| Legend | a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
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| Latitude | the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator,
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| Longitude | 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,
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| 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
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| Prime Meridian | a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude.
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| Northern Hemisphere | is the half that is north of the equator.
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| Southern Hemisphere | is the half which is south of the equator.
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| Eastern Hemisphere | The Eastern Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude
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| Western Hemisphere | half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian
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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 | define the coordinate system, and are numbered to provide a unique reference to features.
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