Latitude

Latitude / Longitude

As the Cocky Flies will calculate the distance between two places in Australia.
http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/distance.jsp

Activity:- What can we expect to experience when we do a transit through the Southern Ocean?
INCLUDES:-How to plot latitude and longitude.
http://www-old.aad.gov.au/information/aboutantarctica/diaries/v7_0001/pages/activities.asp

Latitude and Longitude

Find Your Longitude interactive activity from NOVA PBS

Heavens Above Find the latitude of your location

Latitude and Longitude

Latitude and Longitude About.com

Latitude and Longitude
How to Teach Latitude and Longitude from About.com

Latitude: How to Sail the World

Lost at Sea: the Search for Longitude
Investigates navigation and the use of maps to determine location. Covers the use of the Global Positioning System, How to Find Your Longitude and the Ancient Navigators. Advanced. From PBS.

What's Your Latitude/Longitude?
Provides descriptions and illustrations on what lines of latitude and longitude are and how to determine what your own latitude is using a protractor. Includes Anchors Aweigh: Longitude Mapping Game, which gives a fun way to practice determining latitude and longitude. From StudyWorks! Online is a service of MathSoft Engineering and Education.

About Latitude And Longitude

http://www.slider.com/enc/30000/latitude.htm

Wayne

Feb 2004