Mercator map projection Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Second Continental Congress - ANSWER-A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Townshend Acts (1767) - ANSWER-A series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British American colonies in North America. Thirteen Colonies - ANSWER-A group ...

Antarctic Circle - 66.5 degrees south latitude Aphelion - point in a planet's orbit that is farthest from the sun Arctic Circle - 66.5 degrees North atmosphere - A gaseous shell that surrounds Earth. Biosphere - the part of Earth where life exists Cartography - The science of making maps conformal map projection - corrects the relative shape of landmasses distorts the size of landmasses lines of long/latitude are at right angles Example: Mercator Contours - Isolines that connect point...

Georeferencing - correct answer Associating a map (such as a pdf without spatial information) or image (such as an aerial image without spatial information) with spatial locations. Control Points - correct answer Consisting of multiple points, points come in pairs that match the spatial location with a point on an unreferenced image or map. Spatial Reference System (SRS) or Coordinate Reference System (CRS) - correct answer A coordinate-based local, regional or global system used to locate ...

Physical map correct answers contains labels for countries and capital cities, as well as major physical features like plains, rivers, Topographical map correct answers the shape of the earth's surface is shown by contour lines; contour lines are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation above sea level on the land's surface. Political map correct answers identifies continents and countries according to their political ideals. Weather map correct answers depicts the meteorol...

World Geography SOL Review What is the difference between absolute location and relative location? - Absolute location is the exact position of a place. Relative location is the position of a place compared to the position of another place. What do latitude lines measure? Which direction are they drawn? What is the 0 degree line? - Latitude lines measure north and south. They are drawn east to west. The Equator What do longitude lines measure? Which direction are they drawn? What is ...

Oceans 100 Exam 1 SDSU Latest Update Graded A+ SCIENCE supports the explanation of the natural world that best explains all available observations (What is the basis of science? NEEDS EVIDENCE) SCIENTIFIC METHOD The process by which scientists take data from natural world and try to answer questions. HYPOTHESIS A tentative, testable statement about the general phenomena observed OR an initial idea of how, or why things happen in nature. SCIENTIFIC THEORY Structure of ideas that...

Types of Coordinate Systems in the US - -Geographic Coordinates -Universal Transverse Mercator -Military Grid Reference System -State Plane Coordinates -Public Land Rectangular Surveys What is a map projection? - An attempt to portray the surface of earth or a portion of it on a flat surface What are the four general classes of map projections? - -Cylindrical -Conical -Azimuthal/Planar -Rectangular/other Scale Exact Line - Where the cone intersects the globe How wide is each UTM zone...

Geomatics - the modern scientific term referring to the integrated approach of measurement, analysis, management, storage, and presentation of the descriptions and locations of spatial data Spatial Data - data that is collected using a variety of methods including earth orbiting satellites, air and sea-borne sensors, and ground based instruments data is processed and manipulated with state-of-the-art information technology using computer software and hardware Surveying - art of measuring d...

Control Survey: Lambert Projection correct answer: An imaginary cone is placed around the earth so that the apex of the cone is on the earth's axis of rotation above the North Pole, for northern hemisphere and below the South Pole for southern hemisphere projections. East west direction is relatively free from distortion in this method. Therefore, states longer in east-west direction are projected with this system, Scale is set for 158 miles of N/S distance in this method. Transverse Merc...

TEXES Social Studies 4-8 Exam Questions Marking Scheme Current Update Second Continental Congress - Answers -A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Townshend Acts (1767) - Answers -A series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the Briti...