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IDL means
International Date Line
maps used by aviators.
A simplified image that is a model of a part of the earth's surface.
What is a map?
Show's earth's surface as it appears from space.
What is a globe?
Maps found on the internet.
Mapmakers are known as...
A person who does geometry.
What is a geometer?
Shows smaller areas but features appear larger.
What are large-scale maps?
North, South, East, and West are . . .
What are cardinal directions?
Maps show larger areas but many details are not visible.
What are small-scale maps?
Projection that uses a small circle.
What is a conic projection?
Circles parallel to the equator but has less diameter than a great circle?
The largest possible circle around a sphere.
What is a great circle?
The ratio of distance represented on a map to the same distance on the earth's surface.
What is a map scale?
Seme-circles on the globe that connects the North and South Poles.
What are longitudes?
Uses Radio waves.
What is RADAR?
GPS meaning.
What is Global Positioning System?
Useful for the ocean floor.
What is Acoustic sensing?
GIS meaning
What is Geographic Information System?
Uses laser light.
What is LIDAR?
Shows elevations above a standard level.
What are contour lines?
Great circle that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.
What is the equator?
Used to collect most GIS data using aircraft or satellites.
What is Remote Sensing?
"False Cylindrical"
What is Robinson projection?
Uses sound waves.
What is sonar?