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Map Skills: Understanding Longitude

Mapping the earth from earliest times to today has involved the concept of longitude in exploration and travel. Shows how meridians are drawn, how longitude and time are related on the globe, and how to use longitude and latitude to pinpoint the exact locations of places., Introduces, through an historical sketch extending from ancient Greece to modern times, the origin and application of longitude. Uses animation to define such terms as meridian and prime meridian and demonstrates how to calculate longitude. Lists pilots, navigators, sailors, mapmakers, and astronomers as requiring an understanding of longitude.

Credits

Mel Waskin
advisers
Barbara Winston & Kathryn Joan Shaffer

Copyright

Registered 6Dec71 · MP22376 (Jan-Jun 1972) Copyright holder: Coronet Instructional Films, a division of Esquire, Inc

Complete catalog record
Mapping the earth from earliest times to today has involved the concept of longitude in exploration and travel. Shows how meridians are drawn, how longitude and time are related on the globe, and how to use longitude and latitude to pinpoint the exact locations of places., Through animation, viewers will learn about the measurement of longitude in degrees, time, and miles., Introduces, through an historical sketch extending from ancient Greece to modern times, the origin and application of longitude. Uses animation to define such terms as meridian and prime meridian and demonstrates how to calculate longitude. Lists pilots, navigators, sailors, mapmakers, and astronomers as requiring an understanding of longitude.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

More in Map Skills Series

  1. Map Skills: Understanding Latitude 1971
  2. Map Skills: Understanding Longitude 1971
  3. Map Skills: Using Scale 1971

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record
  2. Wikipedia — List of Coronet Films — title, year, creator, length, color, credits
  3. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright

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