Video: Finding Places on Maps and Globes
Demonstrates the use of latitude, longitude, grid lines, time zones and more.
Goal:
Goal:
Watch this video to learn more about finding places on maps and globes. This video is 18 minutes in length.
Maps and Globes
Using an internet longitude and latitude map find where your home is and then describe it in degrees of latitude and longitude as accurately as you down to degrees, minutes and seconds.
Example: Downtown Los Angeles is Latitude N34 degrees, 2 min 53 sec
and Longitude W118, 15min, 4 sec.