Location

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Location

• Theme of Geography

We are going to analyze and evaluate the validity
and utility of multiple sources of geographic
information. And play a cool game!!!!!!!!!
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ReviewTwo Types of Location

• Absolute Location
• Relative Location

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Types of Absolute Location

• Global Location-Every point on Earth has a
  specific location that is determined by an
  imaginary grid of lines denoting latitude and
  longitude.
• Local Location-Street Address

Examples
Examples
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Latitude

• Parallels of latitude measure distances north and
  south of the line called the Equator.

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Longitude

• Meridians of longitude measure distances east and
  west of the line called the Prime Meridian.

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Relative Location

• Relative location deals with the interaction that
  occurs between and among places.
• It refers to the many ways---by land, by water,
  even by technology that places are connected.

Examples
additional description of relative location
Try a quiz!
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Additional Description of Relative Location

• Relative locations are described by landmarks,
  time, direction, or distance from one place to
  another and may associate a particular place with
  another.

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Landmarks

• Potter Park Zoo
• Michigan Historical Museum
• Michigan State University
• Wilcox School

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location
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Time

• Driving time
• Flying time

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location
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Directions

• North, South, East, West
• Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast
• Right, Left

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location
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Distance

• Number of blocks
• Number of miles/kilometers

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location
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Absolute Global Location Examples
U.S. Weather Stations in Michigan
Name of City Latitude Longitude
Lansing 42 47' 84 36'
Detroit 42 25' 83 1'
Grand Rapids 42 53' 85 31'
Sault Ste. Marie 46 28' 84 22'
-Question-
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Which dot is closer to 30 North and 75 West -
A or B ?
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• Game time!! Welcome to the WORLD RALLY. We are
  going to use an atlas and maps in our book to
  locate places on a map according to latitude and
  longitude, draw conclusions and compare maps.
• Here is how we do it..

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• 1. You will have groups with an Atlas and a
  book, opened to pages 18-31. You will each get a
  RALLY SHEET.
• 2. You will take a trip around the world in a
  rally race. The object is to be the first to
  complete the trip by answering the questions.
• 3. You must get the teacher to sing off on each
  question before moving to the next checkpoint.
• Each checkpoint is a set of latitude and
  longitude coordinates that locate a major city.
  You must provide the city, country, and continent
  for the location of each city checkpoint, and
  answer the questions. The first team done is the
  winner!!