This is a special episode of Fun with Maps with Dan Hanson. Instead of looking at one particular area, we look at some items that affect all the maps of earth. These are the terms latitude and longitude.
Using those coordinates you can pinpoint any place on earth. They are essential for ship captains and pilots and others.
Maybe this will be a refresher course or maybe it will be new for you as we discuss latitude, longitude, the Prime Meridian, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, the Equator, International Dateline, Greenwich Mean Time, Time Zones and more.
And we explain how you can be at a spot on Earth where it is both today and yesterday. (like in the picture from I, Plenz above of the International Date Line in Fiji.
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