GEOG-130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Irreligion, Contour Line, Atheism
25 Sep 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Leo Ellis
Cultural Geography
Geog-130
Reading Longitude and Latitude
Latitude and Longitude are read in a series of Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds. If you were
given a map like the following, you will look at how many Longitude degrees followed by
the latitude degrees.
Longitude = 450W If we look at this map, you can eyeball it and see that the longitude is
half between 0 and 30 degrees.
Latitude = 150N if we look at the map, you can eyeball it and see it is half way between
90 west and 0 degrees.
Thus the Location is at 450W 150W
For more detailed maps, you can provide minutes and seconds. This is done when you are
looking at a coordinate smaller than a degree. There are 60 minutes to a degree and 60
seconds to a minute.
Time Zones
There are 360 degrees and 24 hours, therefore each hour is worth (360/24 degrees) = 150
per hour for time zones. However, due to political influence, countries may not follow this
and choose to be a part of another time zone.
Types of Maps
1. Dot maps: shows spatial dispersion, more dots means more of one character.
2. Choropleth maps: Shows a continuum of colors that show graduated variations in
data.
3. Isopleth maps: connects locations of equal data.
4. Cartograms: Distorts space to emphasize specific data.
Geography of religion
Religion: A set of beliefs(and associated activities) that facilitates an appreciation and
understanding of our place in the world and acts to unify all those that believe into a single
community
Document Summary
Latitude and longitude are read in a series of degrees, minutes, and seconds. If you were given a map like the following, you will look at how many longitude degrees followed by the latitude degrees. Longitude = 450w if we look at this map, you can eyeball it and see that the longitude is half between 0 and 30 degrees. Latitude = 150n if we look at the map, you can eyeball it and see it is half way between. For more detailed maps, you can provide minutes and seconds. This is done when you are looking at a coordinate smaller than a degree. There are 60 minutes to a degree and 60 seconds to a minute. There are 360 degrees and 24 hours, therefore each hour is worth (360/24 degrees) = 150 per hour for time zones. However, due to political influence, countries may not follow this and choose to be a part of another time zone.
