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Location Awareness: Absolute and Relative Positioning in North America

Explore the concepts of absolute and relative location in North America, focusing on South Dakota's Midland, offering examples and distinctions between the two. Understand how to pinpoint exact positions and describe locations based on other reference points.

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Location Awareness: Absolute and Relative Positioning in North America

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  1. Location:Where are we? By: Kristie Mraz

  2. Where in the world are we? We live in North America.

  3. Where in the United States are we?

  4. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF LOCATION • 1. ABSOLUTE- • An exact position on the Earth’s surface • 2. RELATIVE- • A position that is relative to another position

  5. SOUTH DAKOTA Midland is in Haakon county

  6. ABSOLUTE LOCATION • Can be described as exact latitude and longitude. • EXAMPLE: 44.0710167N 101.1553500W • Can also be described as an address. • EXAMPLE: 101 MAIN STREET, MIDLAND SD, 57552

  7. Midlands relative location Welcome to Midland Midland is located between Rapid City and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

  8. RELATIVE LOCATION • Is described with distances, time, or directions. EXAMPLE:Midland is 2 hours east of Rapid City and 3 ½ hours west of Sioux Falls. Midland Sioux Falls Rapid City

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