Topic 1.2-1.3

Visiting a location and recording info there

• Census

• Fieldwork

• Latitude

• Longitude

A survey by US government on population

• Feildwork

• Census

• Absolute location

• Prime Meridian

The invisible line circling Earth parallel to the equator

• Latitude
• Longitude
• Meridian
• Axis

A precise position on Earth's surface

• Absolute location

• Latitude

• Census

• Longitude

The zero-degree Longitude line that runs through Greenwich, England

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn

The invisible line vertical on Earth's surface that marks circles connecting the poles

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer

Software for capturing, storing, collecting, and displaying data about positions on Earth's surface; used for problem solving and research

• Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Remote Sensing
• Geostatistics

24 satellites orbiting Earth twice daily and transmitting map based data

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Prime Meridian

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Absolute location

Remote sensing photography that produces high resolution and highly detailed photos

• Remote Sensing

• Satellite Imagery

• Aerial Photography

• Absolute Location

The scanning of Earth by satellite or aircraft to obtain information on it

• Remote Sensing
• Aerial Photography

• Absolute Location

• Satellite Imagery