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2. Contents MAPS REPRESENTATIONS OF THE EARTH TYPES OF MAPS DIRECTION AND LOCATING PLACES ON MAPS REPRESENTING SCALE ON A MAP OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OF THE EARTH ANCIENT MAPS CLOSE BACK HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS
8. Direction and locating places on maps Cardinal points ENLARGE Meridians ENLARGE Parallels ENLARGE Northern and southern hemispheres ENLARGE Western and eastern hemispheres ENLARGE Latitude and longitude ENLARGE CLOSE BACK HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS
9. Cardinal points We use the cardinal points to establish direction. CLICK HERE TO START CLOSE HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS BACK
10. W E Cardinal points N NE NW SW SE S The Sun rises. The Sun sets. We use the cardinal points to establish direction. GO BACK CLOSE HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS BACK
11. Meridians CLOSE BACK HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS
12. Parallels CLOSE BACK HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS
16. What is Saint Petersburg’s latitude? What is its longitude? Latitude and longitude CLOSE HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS BACK
17. Representing scale on a map Map on a scale of 1/200,000 CLICK HERE TO SEE SCALE 1 / 600,000 CLOSE BACK HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS
18. Representing scale on a map Map on a scale of 1/600,000 CLOSE HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS BACK
19. Other representations of the Earth: satellite images Other representations of the Earth: orthoimages The Earth at night ENLARGE Colour orthoimage ENLARGE Black and white orthoimage ENLARGE United Kingdom ENLARGE CLOSE BACK HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS
20. Satellite image of the United Kingdom CLOSE BACK HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS
21. The Earth at night: a combination of hundreds of pictures CLOSE BACK HOME CONTENTS ACTIVITY LINKS
