Maps and Mapping Exam #2 2023/2024 with 100% correct answers

Horizontal Position correct answersLocation of points Location of Areas (land survey systems) points correct answersA relative position: a method of descrbing a position from the position of another object or ones present position Ex: get lost, go east place names correct answersplace names are often used to indicate their relative position to another place Ex: North Caroline, West VA, South Dakota place organization correct answers•Block addresses: count out from a central intersection New York/Washington DC- grid systems, DC has long diagonal boulevards US routes correct answersoriginally a coordination among the states to assign numbers making navigation easier, not a federal project • E-W: even numbers that increase southward • N-S: odd numbers that increase westward US interstate highways correct answers• E-W even numbers that increase northward • N-S odd numbers that increase eastward absolute location correct answers• Cartesian coordinates: (x,y) systems: measures units equally along each axis cannot be used on earth because it does not fit a sphere used on plane surfaces locates any point from a prescribes origin