Absent
I was absent today and from the looks of it, we didn't go over any new content. If we did, I will gather that tomorrow.
Don't look so Long!
After working in depth with Latitude, we worked with Longitude. Both serve vital roles in determining coordinates on a map. First off lets start with a breakdown of Longitude. Longitude- "A geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on earths surface. They run in a North- South direction." though they inform about degrees East and West. (As Seen Below). Notice how on the figure above, they label a specific point named "Greenwich". That being Greenwich Observatory based out of England which is considered the point in which Longitude is neither East or West. This point is often referred to as the Prime Meridian (Prime meaning 1 ), meaning that this Meridian (another term for lines of longitude) is at 0 °. We can also notice that it runs from the South Pole all the way to the North Pole. After working with Longitude, we began to work with UTC. "UTC, or Coordinated Universal Time is the primary time standard in which...
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