The Globe

How to describe where you are, and how to find new

places.

Intelligence Competition

• To find who is smarter, males or females, we are going to conduct a scientific experiment. I will give the name of a place in Arizona. When you have located that place on the map, raise your hand. This is a timed test. The first 5 times will count for the team score. Lowest times win. Ladies first. No cheating!

Ladies find -

• Sasabe Arizona

Guys find -

• Holy Joe Peak

HINT!!! Look in I 9

You need - Coordinates (= two

numbers)• One set across• One set down• Start at logical point - on flat map,

upper left corner (just like reading.)

• Use letters or numbers• I 9 BINGO!

Can we do this for the Earth?

(Photo of Earth here)

We have a problem!

• Spheres don’t have a logical starting point.

BUT, The Earth rotates on its axis.

North Pole

South Pole

This gives us Two logicalStarting points.

(How wouldYou know ifYou were There?)

Axis

You could then draw lines from one pole to the

other.

Now, if you divide each of those lines in half and

draw a line through the midpoints…

You get the Equator

Next, draw lines around the Earth parallel to the equator.

Finally, we have our grid!

Remember from math -Circles are divided into 360 degrees.

Latitude

• Measures degrees north/south– also called parallels

• Starting point: Equator 0º• Ending point: Poles 90°N,S• Equator separates

North/South Hemispheres• Equator is a great circle

– the only parallel great circle– What in the world is a GREAT

CIRCLE?

A great circle is the edge of a cut through the Earth

that passes through Earth’s center

Longitude

• Measures degrees east/west– also called meridians

• Starting point: Prime Meridian 0º

• Ending point: International Date Line 180º

• Separates East/West hemispheres– every meridian and the one

opposite make a great circle

Each Degree of Latitude(or Longitude at the Equator)

• Represents ~69 miles• (360 x 69 = 24,840mi)

• To be more precise:– each degree

• 60 minutes • ~1.15 miles

– each minute • 60 seconds • ~101 feet

Distance for a degree of longitude varies

Written Form

latitude, longitude

degrees minutes (&seconds)

Phoenix: 33º 26’ N, 112º 04’ W

MCC: 33º 25’ N, 111º 49’ W

International Meridian Conference

• 1884

• 27 nations

• Established Royal Observatory at Greenwich England as the Prime Meridian

Map Projections

• A globe is not always the best representation of the Earth

– Doesn’t show local detail– Lacks convenience - not

portable

Map Projections

• But a globe is the only true representation of:– direction– area– shape– distance