What is Geographical position?

Answer 1

The term "geographical position" means where a place or something or someone is in the world, so that anybody wanting to find it on a map or in their atlas can pinpoint its position.

For example it may be stated that the geographial position of Washington D.C. capital of the United States is at latitude 38 degrees 54 minutes North, longitude 77 degrees 02minutes West. Or alternatively it might be more vaguely stated the geographical position of the City of Washington is in the District of Columbia across the Potomac River. Or a geographical position could be described in relation to another well known place e.g. The geographical position of the capital of the USA is 203.8 miles Southwest of New York City.

Geographical position is of especial important when at sea, and may be expressed in radio-communications by ships or aircraft as QTH. when it is vital for the exact location of a ship or aircraft at sea out of visual range of any other ship to be communicated. e.g. "Mayday Mayday this is Corbank Golf Victor Foxtrot Romeo, my Quebec Tango Hotel is Five Three North. Four One West. We are taking on water and our ship is sinking. We require immediate assistance" . In such a distress message the exact geographical position where the vessel is sinking needs to be immediately known correctly very urgently by other ships in order to proceed there at full speed in order try to rescue those on board before they drown.

Answer 2

The term "geographical position" means where a place or something or someone is in the world, so that anybody wanting to find it on a map or in their atlas can pinpoint its position.

For example it may be stated that the geographial position of Washington D.C. capital of the United States is at latitude 38 degrees 54 minutes North, longitude 77 degrees 02minutes West. Or alternatively it might be more vaguely stated the geographical position of the City of Washington is in the District of Columbia across the Potomac River. Or a geographical position could be described in relation to another well known place e.g. The geographical position of the capital of the USA is 203.8 miles Southwest of New York City.

Geographical position is of especial important when at sea, and may be expressed in radio-communications by ships or aircraft as QTH. when it is vital for the exact location of a ship or aircraft at sea out of visual range of any other ship to be communicated. e.g. "Mayday Mayday this is Corbank Golf Victor Foxtrot Romeo, my Quebec Tango Hotel is Five Three North. Four One West. We are taking on water and our ship is sinking. We require immediate assistance" . In such a distress message the exact geographical position where the vessel is sinking needs to be immediately known correctly very urgently by other ships in order to proceed there at full speed in order try to rescue those on board before they drown.