Day 14- Exact Locations and Relative locations

Today in class we learned about finding exact locations and relative locations. The first thing we learned about was Lat and Long which is very useful for finding a location. Latitude lines go horizontally, and longitude goes vertically. The reason that it is so useful is because anywhere in the world can be found by using las long because it relies on the latitude and longitude lines to tell you the exact location of something. The next thing we learned about were parallels which are the horizontal lines that go around the globe and never stops. The way that parallels are said as the seventy eighth parallels the equator is the most center parallel and goes around the earth and has the parallel of 0. The prime meridian is the line that mark is on 0 longitude and goes through Greenland. Meridians are the lines of longitude and they also help create time zones. The original time zones were created back in 1884 and set the universal.

Day 13-Situations and locations

Today in class we learned about situations and describing locations. A situation is how geographers describe locations based off other locations. An example of this is describing the area of bel-air. Belair can be described and located by saying the locations around it such as how far it is away from Baltimore. Another way Belair can be described is by saying that it is in Maryland and in Harford county which is used to tell the general area like the last one with Baltimore. The next thing we learned was the main reason why Chicago is so big and has a huge population is because early in the united states it was the farthest inland that you can go by boat. The reason that was so important was because of the very good farmland around it. Chicago was the entrance to the west because a lot of railroads were built to make it easier to move food and other materials.

Day 12-Geographers and locations

Today in class we learned about how geographers describe where locations are. Geographers can describe a location by its site. A site describes the physical characteristics of a location or region. Important characteristics of a site are climate, topography, water source, soil condition, vegetation, Lat and Long and finally elevation just to name a few. A wide variety of features make a place distinctive from other areas. Maryland and North Korea have the same latitude but different climate, topography, Sites that are near the water usually have larger populations than ones away from water because most areas were settled before fast ways of transportation because water is essential in many ways including drinking sanitation and trade. Humans can modify characteristics of a sight on purpose or not on purpose. We learned that the new parts of Manhattan doubled in size from 1626 to today. The double in size in the early days was done by sinking ships and covering them with trash from the original Manhattan area.

Day 11- North/South America map

Day 10- test reveiw

Today in class we talked about what was on the test and what the answers where. For the first part of the test with multiple choice I got all of them right. The last question for multiple choice was one about stenographers and I forgot what it is was called on how they write so I went with what I thought was the best answer and it turned out to be right. The fill in the blank questions were very easy but for one of them I don't know why I wrote the answer it said I couldn't use which looking back was very dumb and I should have double checked it. The bonus question was what I thought it was, but I guessed wrong and forgot to go back and put in a guess. The essay questions were on what I saw on the day before the test when you put the questions on the board, and I studied them so I’m glad they didn't change

Day 9- Mercator and Peters projection maps

Mercator maps are what people see as normal maps. The Mercator map was created in 1569 is was created in Europe to help sailors find their way around the world easier but is still used today by sailors for its characteristics of equal Lat Long. The main reason that people use them is because they are easy to read because the latitude and longitude lines are equal on Mercator maps. Mercator maps are not accurate from how it really looks because it is smaller in the center and makes areas on the north and south bigger but makes Africa and middle American countries smaller. The next thing about Mercator maps is how many people use them. Many big corporations such as Google, Bing, yahoo, apple and more use the Mercator map for their services. The Peters projection map was made to show what the world really looked like and not distort the image like the mercator map. The Peters projection map was created in 1987 to challeng hte mercator The Peters projection map to a lot of people looks wrong and streached because people are used to the mercator map not what the world actually looks like. The Peters projection map is one of the only maps that is not distorted like mercator.

Day 8- Maps

Today in class we talked about maps. At the beginning of class, we talked about a map that was upside down and what we thought about it. Some people said that the map was upside down and he said that it could be orientated whatever way because there is no "top of the map". The next thing that we did was take notes on different maps such as a map of America, the world as a map view and a what it looked like. The map that everyone thinks is normal and correct is false and created for sailing back a long time ago. The second map looked stretch and distorted but we found out that that is what the world looks like and I found that very strange because I thought that Greenland was a huge country like the size of Africa but that wasn't the truth. The map that was distorted was what is what it looks like from space which I found puzzling compared to everything that I've seen in the past in school and in general. The final thing was that the original map was designed to make Europe look bigger than 3^rd world country’s such as Africa.