Across
- 2. A series of satellites that orbit more than 100 miles above the earth picking up data in an area 115 miles wide
- 6. A way of mapping the earth's surface that reduces distortion caused by converting three dimensions into two dimensions
- 8. A set of imaginary lines that go around the earth over the poles, dividing it east and west
- 9. The study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth
- 10. The imaginary line that encircles the globe, dividing the earth into northern and southern halves
- 11. A mapmaker
- 13. Describes a place in relation to other places around it
- 15. Technology that uses digital map information to create a databank; different "data layers" can be combined to produce specialized maps
Down
- 1. Each half of the globe
- 3. The exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found
- 4. A general reference map; A representation of natural and man-made features on the earth
- 5. A two-dimensional graphic representation of selected parts of the earth's surface
- 7. The imaginary line at zero meridian used to measure longitude east to west, and dividing the earth's east and west halves
- 12. A three-dimensional representation of the earth
- 14. A set of imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator, and that are used locating places north or south