'Great circle route' presentation slideshows

Baseball Challenge!

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Lets Roll Unit 1

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Chapter 7

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Map Projections

Map Projections. Tools of Geography. The most useful tool for looking at where things are in the WORLD is a globe It is an accurate, miniature of the actual earth It shows correct distance, size (area), shape, and direction. From Globe to Map.

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Geography Skills Handbook

Geography Skills Handbook. Introduces you to the basic geographic tools Globes Maps Graphs Explains how to use them. Skills Handbook. Latitude: Also called parallels Circle earth parallel to equator Measure distance North or South of equator Go from 0 to 90 degrees North and South.

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Navigation Latitude & Longitude

Navigation Latitude & Longitude. Reference. From the Ground Up Chapter 7.1: Latitude & Longitude Pages 177 - 179. Introduction.

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Globes and Maps

Globes and Maps. A globe is a scale model of the Earth that presents the most accurate depiction of geographic information such as area, distance, and direction. A printed map is a symbolic representation of all or part of the planet. . Great Circle Routes.

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Navigation

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MAP PROJECTIONS

MAP PROJECTIONS. West wing on the subject. Concerns of map makers:. Distance: the amount of space betw . objects Shape: a form/condition in which something exists Size/Area: a roughly bounded part of space on a surface Direction: the position of one point in relation to another.

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The Spherical Spiral

The Spherical Spiral. By Chris W ilson And Geoff Zelder. History. Pedro Nunes , a sixteenth century Portuguese cosmographer discovered that the shortest distance from point A to point B on a sphere is not a straight line, but an arc known as the great circle route.

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