| A | B |
|---|
| cardinal directions | north, south, east and west |
| reference point | a fixed place on the Earth's surface from which direction and location can be described |
| map | model or representation of the Earth |
| true north | physical location of north at the North Pole |
| geographic north | physical location or true north |
| magnetic declination | angle of correction between true north and geographic north |
| equator | latitude at zero degrees |
| lines of latitude | parallel lines that surround the Earth |
| longitude | imaginary lines that pass through the poles |
| prime meridian | passes through Greenwich, England |
| zero degrees longitude | prime meridian |
| Mercator projection | contents of a globe are projected on to a cylinder |
| a map where distortion is greater at the poles | mercator projection |
| azimuthal projection | transferring contents of a map onto a plane |
| true directions are shown from one central point | azimuthal projection |
| conic projection | contences of the globe onto a cone |
| best for mapping land east to west | conic projection |
| remote sensing | gathering information without really being there |
| contour interval | difference in elevation from one line to the next |
| relief | difference in elevation between the highest and the lowest points |
