Geography Journal Number Two

Last week's lecture had some
pretty interesting topics that
I would like to share in this
entry. Most of the inform-
ation was about what a
typical globe or map of our
world looks like and how to
read the features on it. Some
of the features include: latit-
ude, longitude, great circles
and small circles, and prime
meridian and standard time.
Latitude measures north and
south and a ladder can be
used as an analogy I suppose,
to remember the direction it
measures. Then, longitude
measures east and west and
are not equidistant. Another
interesting fact is that there
will be a new law next year
in which daylight savings
time will start a month
earlier than usual.

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=84+Godeus+St.+San+Francisco+CA&ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=37.742621,-122.421126&spn=0.000899,0.002076&t=h&om=1

Above is the Google Maps link
to a satellite view of the place
where I used to live when I was
a toddler. I found it interesting
that I can actually zoom in to
the actual building in this
version of map sites. However,
I agree with the teacher that
this form is not always accurate.
In the photo, the arrow points
to a building that is right behind
another building. If I remember,
the apartment that I lived in
should be where the front building
is. Also, the apartment in
the picture is located next to
another street. My apartment was
towards the center of the block.
I think it is a big example of in-
accuracy. Even when I searched
for my current apartment in San
Jose, the location was not right.
The arrow points to a tree and that
is definitely not where I live. It is
an interesting way to find places,
but I do not think it is that reliable.
Plus, it is kind of scary because of
how specific it could get.