Grinds and Time Zones

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Today in class we talked about ways of describing where things are. Geography is the study of where things are found on Earth's surface and the reasons for the locations. A map is a two dimensional or flat scale model of the earths surface. Cartography is art of making maps. Some of the purposes of maps are as a reference tool to identify an objects absolute or relative location and as a communication tool to covey physical features of human activities. Absolute location is the regional position situation of a place relative to the position of other places and latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north south position of a point on the earths surface.

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