LOCATION To find where a place is

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LOCATIONTo find where a place is

• Absolute Location
• The latitude and longitude of a place (global
  location) or a street address (local location).
• Paris France is
• 48o North Latitude and
• 2o East Longitude.
• The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania
  Ave.

• Relative Location
• Location of a place relative to another place.
• Described by landmarks, time, direction or
  distance from one place to another.
• It is located 5 miles west from the Gateway
  Shopping Center.
• Virginia is located south of Pennsylvania.

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Absolute or Relative Location?

• Write this down
• 575 North 7th Street.
• 5 blocks west of Citizens Bank Park.
• Philadelphia is 40 North, 75 West.
• Its somewhere around the corner.
• St. Louis, Missouri is located in eastern
  Missouri along the Mississippi River.

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Absolute or Relative Location?

• 575 North 7th Street.
• Absolute location
• 5 blocks west of Citizens Bank Park.
• Relative location
• Philadelphia is 40 North, 75 West.
• Absolute location
• Its somewhere around the corner.
• Relative Location
• St. Louis in eastern Missouri along the
  Mississippi River.
• Relative Location

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LATITUDE

• Measures north and south of the Equator.
• Measured in units called degrees.
• These parallel lines go east and west.

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Latitude

• When looking for the latitude of a place
• 1-Find the place on a map,
• 2-Locate the Equator.
• 3-Determine if the place is north or south of the
  
• Equator.
• 4-Write down the coordinate.

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Latitude

• Example.
• Locate Houston, Texas on your map.
• Is it north or south of the Equator?
• At what degree is it?
• Locate Cape Town, South Africa on your map.
• Is it north or south of the Equator?
• At what degree is it?

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Latitude

• Example.
• Locate Houston, Texas on your map.
• Is it north or south of the Equator?
• At what degree is it?
• Houston, Texas 30 N.
• Locate Cape Town, South Africa on your map.
• Is it north or south of the Equator?
• At what degree is it?
• Cape Town, South Africa 34 S.

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Find the latitude

• Baghdad, Iraq
• Madrid, Spain
• La Paz, Bolivia

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LONGITUDE

• Measures east and west of the Prime Meridian.
• Measured in units called degrees
• These meridian lines go south and north.

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Longitude

• When looking for a location's longitude
• 1-Find the place on a map.
• 2-Locate the Prime Meridian.
• 3-Determine if the place is east or west of the
  Prime Meridian.
• 4-Write down the coordinate.

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Longitude

• Example.
• Locate Houston, Texas on your map.
• Is it east or west of the Prime Meridian?
• Houston, Texas
• Locate Cape Town, South Africa on your map.
• Is it east or west of the Prime Meridian?
• Cape Town, South Africa

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Longitude

• Example.
• Locate Houston, Texas on your map.
• Is it east or west of the Prime Meridian?
• Houston, Texas 95 W.
• Locate Cape Town, South Africa on your map.
• Is it east or west of the Prime Meridian?
• Cape Town, South Africa 18 E.

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Find the latitude and longitude of

• Montreal, Quebec Canada
• Rome, Italy
• Cairo, Egypt
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Beijing, China

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Find the latitude and longitude of

• Montreal, Quebec Canada
• 46N, 73W
• Rome, Italy
• 42N, 13 E
• Cairo, Egypt
• 30N, 31E
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 35S 58W
• Beijing, China
• 40N, 116 E

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• Finding a location when you only know the
  coordinates
• 14 N, 121 E ?
• 1-Use a world map to determine the general
  location.
• 2-Narrow down the location
• North/South of the Equator?
• East/West of the Prime Meridian?
• Which continent is it on or near?
• 3-Find a map of that continent
• 4-Locate 14 N, 121 E and determine where those
  lines intersect
• 5-Name the location

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• Finding a location when you only know the
  coordinates
• 14 N, 121 E ?
• 1-Use a world map to determine the general
  location.
• 2-Narrow down the location
• North/South of the Equator?
• East/West of the Prime Meridian?
• Which continent is it on or near?
• North of the Equator East of the Prime Meridian
  Near China Asia
• 3-Find a map of that continent ASIA
• 4-Locate 14 N, 121 E and determine where those
  lines intersect
• 5-Name the location Manila, Philippines

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Find the following locations

• 30 N, 98 W
• 34 S, 71 W
• 0, 33 E

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ANSWERS

• 30 N, 98 W Austin, Texas
• 34 S, 71 W Santiago, Chile
• 0, 33 E Kampala, Uganda