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What are two ways to describe location?
latitude and longitude
What information do you need to describe an objects's location?
To identify and objects location you need three pieces of information. These are a reference point, a distance from the reference point, and a direction from the reference point.
How do you describe location?
Through using longitude and latitude.
What does latitude help to determine?
Latitude helps to determine a location on earth with reference to the equator. It is a reference in the North-South axis. Longitude is also required to identify a precise location, because it gives the location with reference to the prime meridian (Greenwich). It is a reference in the East-West axis.
What is a fixed place on earths surface from which direction and location can be described?
A fixed place on Earth's surface used as a reference point to describe direction and location is known as a geographic coordinate system. This system uses latitude and longitude coordinates to pinpoint specific locations on the globe.
What is Earths reference system?
Earth's reference system is based on latitude and longitude, with the equator serving as the reference for latitude and the Prime Meridian as the reference for longitude. This system allows for precise location determination on Earth's surface using coordinates.
Do lines Latitude determine our season?
It's not the latitude that determines your season. Your location on Earth does that, and latitude (along with longitude) is an excellent way to accurately describe your location on Earth if anyone asks.
How can you use the longitude and latitude lines?
We use latitude and longitude to precisely describe the location of places on the surface of the Earth.
How do you find a location from a Grid Reference?
By looking up its latitude and its longitude. When these 2 vectors intersect, therein is the location of your place.
What information do you needs to describe an objects location?
To identify and objects location you need three pieces of information. These are a reference point, a distance from the reference point, and a direction from the reference point.
What does longitude and latitude do for geographers?
It is a system of coordinates used to accurately describe the location of a place.
Is Dallas longitude or latitude?
Every point on the surface of the earth has two numbers ... one latitude and onelongitude ... that describe its exact location.
