latitude and longitude
Part 1: Use a globe, the internet, or an Atlas to provide locations (latitude and longitude) for at least 15 of the places listed below, including your home city. If your home city is not included below, please add it on the blank line. Report your answers to a minimum of degrees and minutes.
Example:
City Latitude Longitude
Mumbai, India 19°04′ N 72°52′ E
Make sure you write latitude and longitude in degrees and minutes as shown in example above and NOT in decimal degrees. Also, do not forget to write the appropriate direction for latitude (North or South) and longitude (East or West) of a place.
Cities Latitude Longitude
1 Sachse, TX
2 Houston, TX
3 Dallas, TX
4 Richardson, TX
5 Plano, TX
6 Albany, TX
7 McAllen, TX
8 Grand Prairie, TX
9 McKinney, TX
10 Fremont, CA
11 Queens, NY
12 Beaumont, TX
13 Austin, TX
14 Wylie, TX
15 Seattle, WA
16 New Orleans, LA
17 College Station, TX
18 Celina, TX
19 Atlanta, GA
20 Arlington, TX
Part 2: Use your textbook to review latitude and longitude and their significance. If you were to make a judgement call on the importance of these two phenomena, which would be more significant? Explain.
Part 3: Imagine you are a businessperson or member of the military and you need to plan a mission for an airplane to deliver a package to a specific location on the planet. How do you think latitude and longitude will impact the cost and other logistical considerations for making your delivery?
