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Gg101 part1 midterm reviews ( ) Greenwich, england ( 0 ) Noon at 10e longitude, your home port is 3:30pm, where you are . 3:30pm - 12:pm = 3. 5 hours. Your time is 3. 5 hrs earlier than 10e, so you are easter by 52. 5 than 10e. 52. 5+10 = 62. 5e (correct answer) Great circle . Any pair of meridians forms a great circle. All other parallels except equator form small circles. The line of constant direction on the mercator projection. Is a straight and thus facilitates plotting directions between two points ( mercator abcz) Why is it important: convenience for humans. Influences physical and life processes on earth. Environmental effects: geographic grid , make the day. Imposes daily or diurnal rhythms : flow paths od air/water are turned in one direction, movement of tides( ) Combine spatial( where it is) and attribute ( what it is) data. 1:250,000 (1mm=250,000mm measure unit is always the same) Solar energy and the seasons.
