GEOG 2050 Chapter : Chapter 1
Document Summary
The idea to create an integrated whole-earth concept. Geographers analyze the differences and the similarities among these 5 spatial themes: location, region, human-earth relationships, movement, place. Cancer- 23. 5 degrees n; tropic of capricorn- 23. 5 degrees; arctic. 40 30" 20 : decimal degrees, 40. 505556, your location, baton rouge, 30. 4581 n, 91. 1402 w, 30. 46, -91. 14, 30 27" 36 , -91 8" 24 , gps, 24 orbiting satellites in 6 orbital planes, triangulates position, has to have 3 receivers. Time: greenwich mean time (gmt)- our consistent universal time, the basis of time- the earth revolves 360 every 24 hours (or. A time zone of one hour is established for every 15 increment of longitude. National boundaries and political considerations distort time boundaries: time zones, 24 different times across the globe, 6 time zones in us, we are central, international date line, located at 180 meridian on opposite side of globe from meridian.
