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The Global Grid

The Global Grid. The global grid makes it possible to state the “absolute location” of a place – exactly where it is. http://www.psdgraphics.com/backgrounds/world-globe-background/. http://matagalatlante.org/nobre/featpost/doc/featexamples.html.

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The Global Grid

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  1. The Global Grid

  2. The global grid makes it possible to state the “absolute location” of a place – exactly where it is. http://www.psdgraphics.com/backgrounds/world-globe-background/ http://matagalatlante.org/nobre/featpost/doc/featexamples.html

  3. Absolute location – longitude & latitude – is like a global address. http://amyrondinel.com/2010/09/home-is-where-the-heart-is/

  4. Los Angeles, California: 34°N 118W° http://www.hightunnels.org/ForEducators/Planning/FullMoonFarmCaseStudy/planningorientationlatitude.htm

  5. Washington, DC: 38°N 77W°

  6. Seattle, Washington: 47°N 122W°

  7. Tulsa, Oklahoma: 36°N 95°W

  8. Oklahoma City: 35°N 97W°

  9. The absolute location of any place is the latitude + the longitude. http://www.ukdivers.net/chartwork/chartintro.htm

  10. http://www.ukdivers.net/chartwork/chartintro.htm

  11. LATITUDE lines are the FLAT lines. http://www.ukdivers.net/chartwork/chartintro.htm

  12. The most famous line of latitude is the Equator. http://www.geolounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/latitude.png

  13. The Equator is the longest line of latitude, because it’s at the “fattest” part of the earth. http://www.cliparthut.com/clip-arts/908/globe-with-latitude-lines-908531.jpg

  14. But up by the North Pole – and down by the South Pole – the lines are shorter.

  15. Latitude lines run flat east and west, but they don’t measure how far east or west something is. That’s not my job. That’s longitude’s job! (We’ll get to that later.)

  16. Latitude lines measure how farnorthor south you are fromtheEquator.

  17. North Pole Think of LATITUDE like the rungs of a ladder. (ladder sounds like latitude). It’s how you climb up and down the globe. 90°N 60°N 30°N EQUATOR 0° 30°S 60°S 90°S South Pole

  18. Anywhere you are on the 30°N line, you are 30°northof the Equator.

  19. And anywhere you are on the 30°S line, you are 30°southof the Equator.

  20. And now, we take a moment to focus on the Equator. . . http://www.geolounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/latitude.png

  21. http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/newart/locator/equator.htm

  22. on the Equator in Ecuador http://www.elmundodeanders.com/Mitad%20del%20Mundo.htm http://www.southernhorizons.com/images/galapaos/Mapsinf/SAmap.jpg

  23. http://www.leeabbamonte.com/lee/south-america/

  24. and in Brazil http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=314904 http://www.questconnect.org/sa_j_brazil_crossing.htm

  25. Macapá, Brazil http://www.flickr.com/photos/teamtrev/35447999/

  26. http://ahunsberger.blogspot.com/2008/01/geog-411-political-maps.htmlhttp://ahunsberger.blogspot.com/2008/01/geog-411-political-maps.html in Gabon http://www.flickr.com/photos/27767476@N04/2987565877/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/33357097@N00/2334967076/

  27. http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/bonthorn/1/1210984380/crossing-the-equatorx.jpg/tpod.htmlhttp://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/bonthorn/1/1210984380/crossing-the-equatorx.jpg/tpod.html in Uganda http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jmo/jmo_world_tour/1088505180/tpod.html

  28. and inKenya http://www.fimafrica.org/7.html

  29. http://www.wainscoat.com/kenya/samburu.html http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Twiga-Kali/

  30. in Indonesia http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/newsletter/2008-10.shtml http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/main_pop/kpct/ct_seast.htm

  31. http://indahnesia.com/picture/SUM/004/equator_monument.php http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g317101-Pontianak_Borneo.html#27121388

  32. Bethany’s latitude is 35°N,because we are 35° north of the Equator. 

  33. up or down the globe (northor south). Latitude is all about how far you are from the Equator –

  34. So remember to think of latitude like the rungs of a ladder. http://www.nauticus.org/currptpless01.html http://www.shoponline2011.com/m~c-laptop-computers~b-462~f-1-646838_679798-679809.aspx

  35. Latitude is how you climb up and down the globe.

  36. questions on latitude. . .

  37. LONGITUDE http://www.ukdivers.net/chartwork/chartintro.htm

  38. Longitude lines are always long.

  39. EVERY longitude line goes from the South Pole all the way to the North Pole.

  40. North Pole Lines of longitude are f a r t h e s ta p a r tat the Equator. They get closer togethertowards the poles. South Pole

  41. Longitude lines tell us how far we are from the PrimeMeridian. http://www.ukdivers.net/chartwork/chartintro.htm

  42. Anywhere you are on the 30°E line, you are 30°eastof the Prime Meridian. http://www.hammondmap.com/catalog/classroom_activities/latlong1.html

  43. Anywhere you are on the 30°W line, you are 30°westof the Prime Meridian. http://www.hammondmap.com/catalog/classroom_activities/latlong1.html

  44. The Equator is a real location. But who decided where to put the Prime Meridian?

  45. In the 1500s, when the Portuguese controlled the Atlantic, they drew the first Prime Meridian passing through the Madeira Islands. Graphicmaps.com

  46. http://www.fotosearch.com/clip-art/spanish.html Portugal owned the Madeira Islands, so they thought it was a good idea to use THEIR land for the Prime Meridian location. We control the Atlantic. So, of course, it makes perfect sense that we would put the Prime Meridian through OUR land. WE are the center of the world! Graphicmaps.com

  47. http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/gem-projects/hm/0203-1-10-instruments/glossary.htmhttp://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/gem-projects/hm/0203-1-10-instruments/glossary.htm This Prime Meridian was used by most mapmakers for the next 300 years.

  48. When the British got control of the Atlantic, they set a new Prime Meridian, right through England! Graphicmaps.com

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