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    be found by using mathematical coordinates. 4. Latitude is one of the measures used for absolute location. It is a measurement that goes from north to south. It uses degrees, minutes, and seconds to show how far a place is from the equator. 5. Longitude is the other measure used for absolute location. It measures from east to west. It uses a vertical plane running through the polar axis and begins with…

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    Pursuit Of Truth

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    What? I told him that the lines of longitude were there purposely to indicate how far west (or east) some location was, regardless of whether it was on land or on sea. There was one insurmountable problem, however. He was bigger than me. And I never got my two dollars. I drew a number of…

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    the number of each. We age by ever mounting time. We calculate and distribute. We find comfort in the fact that 2 + 2 will always equal 4. Numbers have definite effect on us, that’s for sure. Numbers are literally everywhere, highways, routes, longitude, latitude, days and months. Why is it so important for us to know where we are, what time it is, how long till the next thing we do, count downs, count ups, lengths,…

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    vectors of Triton and Nereid respectively and . In spite of the fact that Nereid is classified as a distant satellite, the evolution of its orbit is presented as regular enough with practically secular variations of pericentric argument and node longitude, and with a conditionally periodic change of eccentricity and ecliptic inclinations.…

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    1) The two type of grid systems that are shown are: Latitude and Longitude and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM). Pertaining to Latitude and Longitude, Whitcomb hill is roughly located at: 43° 51’ N. Lat and 72° 20’ W Long. Regarding the UTM system, Whitcomb hill is in Zone 18, 4859 W, 7130950 N. 2) The US state that this map represents is Vermont. 3) The grid system that is not represented on Map 1 is the US Public Land Survey. It doesn’t appear to be represented because around the edges of…

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    characteristics could provide various sources of imagery. A vegetation classification developed from the characteristics is important for classifying and mapping vegetation cover. Geographically, Takalar Regency is located at latitude of -5.4162 and longitude of 119.4876. It was the west part from city Makassar in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was also close to a boundary of Jeneponto regency. In this study area, it was near with five districts in takalar regency such as Bontomanai, Bontoparang,…

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    One of the most important tasks associated with analyzing crime and intelligence information is to know the data. Data and information are the key element within the analytical community; however, very little, if any of the information that falls under the preview of crime and intelligence analysis is ever collected with that purpose in mind. 3.1. Philadelphia crime dataset This dataset represents the real-world crimes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It includes criminal offenses, crime incident…

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    Oceanographic Differences

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    when navigating. A map is primarily for the use of traveling on land. While traveling longitude and latitude are in use by the user. For example, say a person is traveling and gets lost. In this case the traveler will use a compass and a map to determine their location, and then find their destination by plotting their location. Charts are primarily for the use of traveling in the ocean and they do use longitude and latitude; however, a user depends on the depths of the water which is in…

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    1) Table 2) Day length is related to latitude in the way that as you get close to the equator descending from the North Pole in the winter the amount of sunlight is grows, until hitting a full 24 hours of daylight at the South Pole. However in the summer it is the opposite. Starting at the North Pole with 24 hours of sunlight, it slowly decreases as you go down until it reaches 0 at the South Pole, when there is no sunlight at all. (For the North Pole it’s reversed, so it starts out at 0 in the…

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    Mathematics in Weather Forecasting Aravind.V Computer Science and Engineering Sairam Institute of Technology, Anna University Chennai, Tamil Nadu aravindv96@yahoo.com Aakash kishan Computer Science and Engineering Sairam Institute of Technology, Anna University Chennai, Tamil Nadu Aakash_kishan@outlook.com Abstract—Mathematics is all around us. As we discover more and more about nature, we find it that nature can be described mathematically. Mathematics plays a fundamental role in…

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