New Maps!

Today we recieved new maps to fill out, but we didn't fill out the same essentials that we did last time. Some of the objectives that we had to fill out last time were the 'Prime Meridian', the 'Equator', and our 'Orgin of Place'. Instead, this time we need to fill out objectives like the 'John Carroll School', Chicago, San Francisco, London, Moscow, Berlin, Beijing, Seoul, Honolulu, and Aluja. We also had to find these objectives on three different 'Time Zone' maps, which were pretty easy to find. I think that we are turning the new maps as a grade though, instead for our reference. Although, I dislike doing these maps becausen I find it boring and dull. But I guess it is somewhat resourceful to us for studying for tests. We also took more notes on the slide that we are currently on. Some notes were on the 'GPS', which is a Global Postioning System. It accurately determines the precise postion of something on Earth. The 'GPS' includes three elements: Satellites, tracking stations to monitor and control satellites. A reciever that can locate at least four satellites, for figuring out its distance from one another. The applications of a 'GPS' are 'Tum-By-Tum' which is directions in vehicles. A navigation aid that pilots and ships captains. Provides location for social media applications. We talked about why each point on Earth is unique. A place is a specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular chracteristic. Describing the features of a place is an essential building block for geographers to explain similarities, differences, and changes, across the Earth. Geographers describe a features place on Earth by identifying its location, the position that something occupies on Earths surface. I hope that we get to learn more about other things besides maps, and study more of the history side of 'Human Geography'.