Map Skills: Understanding Longitude

Series: Map Skills Series

Duration: 15 10

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Coronet

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

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

Description: 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.

Complete 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.

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