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A simplified image that is a model of part of the earth's surface.
Meridians are also called?
Longitude lines
The Robinson world map was designed especially for what?
Student textbooks
What does GIS stand for?
Geographic information system
If a projection touches a pole it is a ________ projection.
Polar
The ratio 1 in = 1 mil is called ____ ______
Map scale.
Together lines of latitude and longitude are called?
Geographic coordinates
This kind of map displays elevation and landform information.
Topographic
Known geographic locations used for surveying are called ________. These are often bronze disks permanently fastened to rock or small concrete monuments.
Benchmarks
If a projection touches somewhere between the Equator and a pole it is an ________ projection.
Oblique
Mapmakers are also known as?
Cartographers
GPS stands for?
Global positioning system
Political
Scientists use these to collect vast amounts of data over a wide area.
Remote sensing platforms.
For maps to display many different kinds of information, there may be a _______ ________.
Map legend
Cardinal directions consist of what?
North, south, east and west.
One of the simplest map projections. It is when the "light bulb" is at the center of the earth.
Gnomonic projection
This type of map focuses on names, symbols, and locations of man-made and natural physical features.
Geographic
A _______ - projection is often used for middle-latitude maps.
Conic
__________ are semicircular arcs of great circles that mark longitude.
Meridians
The most important great circle to a cartographer is the _______
Equator
Imagine taking a sheet of paper and wrapping it around a globe, The sheet of paper forms a cylinder. This projection is called?
Cylindrical projection
_______ ________ show elevations on the map above some standard height, such as sea level.
Contour lines
When a projection touches or wraps around the equator it is called?
Equatorial projection
IDL stands for?
International Date Line