The Geographer’s Toolkit Picture This. Your Turn
Picture This. YOUR TURN
The Geographic Grid
The geographic grid is shown on this world map. The equator and the prime meridian are labeled. Latitudes and longitudes are 15 degrees apart. Using the origin (at 0°, 0°) as a starting point, identify the following locations on the map below. Only degrees (not minutes and seconds) are given for each location:
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de Blij, Harm. Why Geography Matters: More Than Ever. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Jacobs, Frank. Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities. New York: Viking Studio, 2009.
Monmonier, Mark. How to Lie with Maps. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.