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What is a map?
A map is a simplified image that is a model of part of the earths surface.
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What is a cartographer?
A cartographer is a person who maps parts of the earth.
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What is a cardinal direction?
A cardinal direction is north, east, south, and west.
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What is the equator?
It is the line circling around the center of the earth.
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What is longitude?
Longitude means long ways which means the measurement of the earth going across.
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What is latitude?
Latitude is the measurement of the earth that is going up and down.
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What does gps stand for?
Global Positioning System.
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What does a gps do?
It pinpoints your position on a map and navigates you to your destination.
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what is an equatorial projection?
it is a point of contact facing the equator 3-22
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what is an polar projection?
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it is a point of view facing towards either of the poles 3-22
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what is an oblique projection?
it is a projection of the earth in a slanted position 3-22
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what is an gnomonic contact?
it is a flat surface of the earth usually one of the poles. 3-23
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what is a conic projection?
it is the slant of the earth or the sphere that has the shape of a cone. 3-25
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what is a cylindrical projection?
it is a projection strait across the earth usually wrapping around the equator
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what is the robinson world map?
it is a semi round flat map f the earth, and is usually used in classrooms.
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what is an political map?
it shows the names boundaries and shapes of countries cities and towns
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what is a geographical map?
it focuses on names symbols and locations of man made and natural physical features.
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what is a topographical map?
it displays elevation and land form information usually indicated by special by special symbols called contour lines or by land form shading.
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What is a thematic map?
a thematic map shows the abundance of things, objects, and places in a specific area.
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What does GIS stand for?
geographic information system
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what are 3 things that the gis can help with
make computerized geographic data, programs, and data storage systems
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what is surveying?
it is mapping out different places
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what is remote sensing?
it is mapping out huge areas of the earth
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what is acoustic sensing
is is mapping out the ocean floor
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how does acoustic sensing help us
it helps us map out the ocean floor
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how did people map out the ocean floor in WWI
the used sonar
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