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Maps A map is a model or representation of the Earth’s surface. The map contains latitude and longitude. The United States is always North of the equator and West of the Prime Meridian.
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Latitude Latitude is the distance north or south measured in degrees. The lines of latitude are parallel to the equator.
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Longitude LLongitude is the distance east and west measured in degrees. TThe International Date Line is 180 degrees of longitude.
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Topographic Maps A Topographic map is a map that shows surface features such as rivers, lakes, and mountains. Elevation is the height of an object above sea level.
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Contour lines and Contour interval The lines that connect points of elevation is contour lines. If the contour lines are close together, the hill is steep. The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next is called contour interval.
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Cardinal Directions North, South, East, and West are called cardinal directions. The cardinal directions are located on a compass.
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Map Projections A Mercator projection is a map projection that results when the contents of the globe are transferred. Another one is a conic projection that is made by transferring the contents onto a cone.
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Mapmaking OOne way to make a map is using remote sensing that is gathering information about something without actually being there. TThis is how people make a modern map. VVisible light can detect only a smell part of the sun’s energy.
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