Search results for "Geographic coordinate system" - New World Encyclopedia
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- of a sphere, such as Earth (see Geographic coordinate system), Mars, or the ... With the invention of the metric system, based on powers of ten, there ...6 KB (932 words) - 09:12, 28 January 2024
- of the "degree-minute-second" system are also in use, especially ... any point on the Earth using a Geographic coordinate system. This system specifies ...20 KB (3,182 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- survey level, has been subsumed by Geographic Information Systems (GIS ... *Geographic coordinate system *Geography *Geopolitics *Nautical chart ...20 KB (3,039 words) - 03:02, 6 November 2022
- The Saint Lawrence River and Seaway System is a large hydrographic ... The "Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System" extends approximately ...15 KB (2,273 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- without the use of the air traffic control system. Advances in computer technology ... first-generation Air Traffic Control (ATC) System was born ...41 KB (6,292 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- every star is surrounded by its own solar system; he was eventually burned ... astronomers convinced that our solar system, and perhaps others, could ...28 KB (4,265 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- Lesotho can be roughly divided into three geographic regions: the ... The IPA devised a proportional electoral system to ensure that the opposition ...23 KB (3,416 words) - 00:48, 7 March 2023
- The Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently the only fully functional ... Timing And Ranging Global Positioning System). The satellite constellation ...54 KB (8,113 words) - 20:37, 29 December 2023
- to the transition from a Cartesian coordinate system (in which the coordinate ... the same physical quantity. If a physical system has energy, one must also ...66 KB (9,838 words) - 15:01, 26 September 2022
- to develop its western regions and coordinate the resettlement of refugees ... ; Geographic coordinates : 105°17'-110°11' East, 28°10 ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- stabilized, an elaborate administrative system was erected, and a new socioeconomic ... dissension. He created an elaborate system of censors to remove corrupt ...27 KB (4,177 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- containing neighborhoods. Neighborhoods coordinate activities under the Neighborhood ... Police Department imported a computer system from New York City that sent ...39 KB (5,459 words) - 11:07, 10 March 2023
- of Jamaica and 240 km south of Cuba. Its geographic coordinates are 19°30 north, 80°30 west. With a land area of 101.2 square miles (259 km² ...26 KB (3,769 words) - 16:23, 3 December 2023
- Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve System. Wilson was a popular president ... An admirer of the English parliamentary system from afar—he first visited ...37 KB (5,512 words) - 23:30, 17 May 2023
- to provide policy coherence and coordinate the overlapping functions ... The UN system is financed in two ways: assessed and voluntary contributions ...64 KB (9,547 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- in a decentralized higher education system would, to varying degrees ... 1912 saw the formation of Ohio State's Graduate School to coordinate ...40 KB (5,731 words) - 10:21, 11 March 2023
- The first known movable type system was invented in China around 1040 ... be replaced by carving new pieces. This system was later enhanced by pressing ...43 KB (6,355 words) - 00:40, 3 May 2023
- mates, and how social groups are able to coordinate their movements over extensive ... they have to make up for their digestive system's lack of efficiency ...64 KB (9,737 words) - 10:18, 21 January 2023
- Belgium, the organization constitutes a system of collective defense in ... Dialogue was established in 1994 to coordinate in a similar way with Israel ...52 KB (7,555 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024
- in the state of the climate or climate system that persists for an extended ... changes in the climate or climate system in which humans are regarded ...86 KB (12,789 words) - 20:17, 1 June 2023
- services are incorporated into a larger concentric system of transport zones, the VOR (Verkehrsverbund Ostregion = eastern region traffic association ...42 KB (5,917 words) - 20:13, 3 May 2023
- and linguistic unity of peoples in a geographic region. Economically, the ... alike. Napoleon's Continental System nearly ruined the Central ...102 KB (14,729 words) - 11:39, 3 May 2023
- Projected from their corresponding geographic equivalents are the celestial ... quantified by constructing a celestial coordinate system. ...58 KB (9,037 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- that separate breeding programs for each geographic region were not needed. ... the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) to coordinate the project. ...46 KB (6,869 words) - 10:00, 11 March 2023
- industries, bolstered the Social Security system, and appointed record numbers ... Congress and was unable to reform the tax system or implement a national health ...56 KB (8,252 words) - 21:54, 3 January 2024
- terrorists held by the German penitentiary system, Andreas Baader and Ulrike ... The 2006 National Geographic Channel's Seconds From Disaster ...51 KB (8,065 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- Found at Bottom of North Sea] National Geographic News. Retrieved January 4, 2009. ... systems and a third incomplete amphidromic system. At an amphidromic point ...64 KB (9,669 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- present day Ukraine), which due to its geographic position and characteristics ... any introduction of serfdom. A zemstvo system, introduced in 1869, provided ...57 KB (8,247 words) - 19:49, 9 November 2022
- decades under a communist and socialist system and is re-establishing relationships ... the island's political and economic system. This brought an end to the ...72 KB (10,971 words) - 06:40, 11 January 2024
