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Geographic information science ️️The development and analysis of the provided Geographic information system about Earth Geographic information system ️️A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data Global positioning system ️️the system that accurately determines the precise position of something on Earth - not referring to the Geographic information system's information

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Geographic information science ✔️✔️The development and analysis of the provided

Geographic information system about Earth



Geographic information system ✔️✔️A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and

displays geographic data



Global positioning system ✔️✔️the system that accurately determines the precise position of

something on Earth - not referring to the Geographic information system's information



Greenwich meantime ✔️✔️The time in the zone encompassing the prime meridian or 0°

longitude



International dateline ✔️✔️The line of longitude that marks were each new day begins,

centered on the 180th meridian - back 24 hours east and forward 24 hours west



Latitude ✔️✔️The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich,

England



Location ✔️✔️The position of anything on Earth's surface



Longitude ✔️✔️Distance north or south of the Equator, measure in degrees.

, Map ✔️✔️A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.



Map scale ✔️✔️the relationship between a distance on the map and the actual distance on the

ground



Mental map ✔️✔️an internal, personal subjective representation of a person's portion of

Earth's surface



Meridian ✔️✔️An arc drawn on a map between north and south poles



Parallel ✔️✔️A circle around the globe parallel to the equal later and at a right angles to the

meridians



Place ✔️✔️Specific point on earth distinguished by a particular characteristic; ex: I love to go

to that ______ that offers fish pizza



Prime meridian ✔️✔️the imaginary line that runs from North Pole to South Pole through

Greenwich, England - 0* longitude



Region ✔️✔️An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.

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