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| 7379300146 | Map | 2 dimensional or flat representation of earths surface or a portion of it | 0 | |
| 7379300147 | Cartography | science of making maps | 1 | |
| 7379300148 | map scale | compares a distance on a map with a distance in the real world | 2 | |
| 7379300149 | Projection | The system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map. | 3 | |
| 7379300150 | Meridian | An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles. | 4 | |
| 7379300151 | Longitude | Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees | 5 | |
| 7379300152 | Parallel | Circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at the angles to the meridian | 6 | |
| 7379300153 | Latitude | Used to indicate the loaction of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equiator | 7 | |
| 7379300154 | Greenwich Mean Time | the time in that time zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degrees longitude | 8 | |
| 7379300155 | International date line | Arc that follows 180 degree longitude. When you cross east toward America the clock moves back 24 hours when you go west toward Africa the calendar moves a head a day. | 9 | |
| 7379300156 | remote sensing | The acquisition of data about earths surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long distance methods | 10 | |
| 7379300157 | Global positioning system | a method of finding latitude and longitude using a network of satellites | 11 | |
| 7379300158 | Geographic information system | A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data | 12 | |
| 7379323949 | Prime Meridian | the earth's zero of longitude, which by convention passes through Greenwich, England. | 13 |
