WEEK 1

• Latitude


  Imaginary lines that run east-west on a map or globe
• Longitude


  Imaginary lines that run north-south on a map or globe
• Geographic coordinate system


  System used to locate places using degrees of latitude and longitude
• Equator


  Reference point for latitude
• Prime meridian


  Reference point for longitude
• Coordinates


  Pair of numbers that describes the position of a point
• Finding coordinates of a place

  1. Locate latitude

  2. Determine latitude value

  3. Locate longitude

  4. Determine longitude value

  5. Find intersection point
• The point where the latitude and longitude lines intersect is the place represented by those coordinates
• The country located at 13 degrees north, 122 degrees east is the Philippines
• The country located at 60 degrees north, 105 degrees west is Canada
• The point located at 45 degrees north, 15 degrees east is point number 2