determined by the location of the Philippines on the planet. Latitude and Longitude Before we learn about the characteristics of our environment‚ let us first talk about the location of the Philippines. Where is the Philippines? The Philippines is on Earth‚ of course‚ but where exactly is it located? To answer this question‚ you have to learn a new skill: locating places using latitude and longitude. Activity 1 Where in the world is the Philippines? (Part I) Objective
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has GSM and GPS (as regarded earlier) that enables and triggers the GPS of the device that will get the location of the device (more specifically the longitude and latitude). Translates it to an SMS to send you text messages or notifications where is its whereabouts every 5 minutes. That simple. Keywords – GPS; New Tracking Device; Longitude and Latitude I. INTRODUCTION Losing valuable items are not new in today’s society and also getting it stolen. It is nothing to be ashamed
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Introduction: Global Positioning System‚ GPS Summary of key findings: Google‚ ALZ.org‚ Wikipedia‚ In a nutshell describing GPS - A navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver. Today‚ it is widely used by the civilian public for both commercial and recreational use. In addition to GPS‚ other systems are
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The Dangers of Location Services and Social Networks The growth of social networks and smartphones over the past few years has come with a dangerous side-effect: the violation of privacy and security. Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter may appear to be a fun way to keep in touch or to easily socialize with friends and family‚ but as these networks continue to grow some very serious privacy and security concerns emerge. Interestingly these concerns could be easily prevented by any educated
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Advantages and Disadvantage of Total Instrument Operation Advantages -The first advantages is that total station can be a relatively cheap means of fast‚ high-precision measurements. -Total station needs line of site‚ but it does not need visibility of the sky. Total station can be used indoors‚ in a mine‚ or under tree cover that would not be suitable for GPS measurement. -Third‚ total station is suited to take ground measurements. Whereas GPS is best suited to grid or geodetic measurements
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measure longitude (Lesson 02.01) (use the first resource in this lesson to help you) Be able to list and describe the 2 main tools used to measure longitude in early navigation the chronometer- the sextant to figure longitude using the lunar-distance method Current Navigation Tools (Lesson 02.01) What tool do we currently use to determine location (latitude and longitude)? the Global Positioning System‚ Longitude and Latitude (Lesson 02.01) Know the ways that longitude and latitude
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Midterm Exam Review Chapter 1: * The Five themes of Geography: 1. Location- where a place is A) Absolute location-describes a place’s absolute address (latitude and longitude) B) Relative location-- what is actually at that location 2. Place- A) Physical characteristics- God-made B) Cultural characteristics- man-made 3. Human/environment interaction 4. Movement- earth’s plates‚ migration‚ ocean currents 5. Region- areas that have something in common (physical
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relate to people interacting with earth‚ which are asked by geographers. • Latitude: Latitude lines are imaginary lines on the earth’s surface that run east and west around the globe and tell you your distance north or south of the Equator. • Longitude: Longitude lines are imaginary lines on the earth’s surface that run from pole to pole around the globe and tell you your distance east or west from the Prime Meridian. • Compass Rose: A symbol on a map used to display the orientation of the cardinal
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Semi-major axis = a b a Semi-minor axis = b Flattening = f = (a-b)/a Eccentricity = e = SQRT(2f-f2 ) e2 = 2f – f2 Reference latitude Reference longitude University of Technology‚ Jamaica Geodetic Ellipsoidal Coordinates • Size and shape determined by semi-major axis (a)‚ flattening (f) • Latitude – angle btw ellipsoidal equator and the normal • Longitude – angle btw zero meridian and the plane containing the normal & the minor axis University of Technology‚ Jamaica P h
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UNIT ONE MAP READING 1. INTRODUCTION One of the important dimensions of social knowledge is being able to locate yourself in time and space answering the questions when and where. Locating yourself in time requires an understanding of the concepts of days‚ hours‚ second‚ years‚ months‚ weeks and even centuries. Similarly locating yourself in space requires an
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