Earth Science- Mapping

The map that has little distortion over small areas and is often used for road maps

• Conic projection

• Gnomonic projection

• Robinson projection

• Mercator

"Starting point" for latitude; halfway between the North and South poles

• equinox
• equine
• equator
• equality

Distance in degrees north or south of the equator

• latitude
• longitude

A list of symbols used on a map

• scale
• index
• key
• contents

distance in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian

• latitude
  latitude
• longitude
  longitude

Greatest/largest possible measure of latitude

• 50 degrees north or south
• 90 degrees north or south
• 100 degrees north or south
• 180 degrees north or south

"Starting point" for longitude; passes through Greenwich, England

• Prime Tangent
• Prime Meridian
• Prime Line
• Prime Rib

Greatest/largest possible measure of longitude

• 50 degrees east or west
• 90 degrees east or west
• 100 degrees east or west
• 180 degrees east or west

The difference in elevation from one contour line to the next

• Contour interval
• Contour spacing
• Contour distance
• Contour grading

The relationship between a distance on the map and the actual distance on the ground

• map legend
• longitude
• map view
• map scale