Cartography - World Maps

Cartography -

the Art of Making Maps, the Science of Where You Are

World Maps Activity 1: Where was Apollo 11?

Look at the shapes of the land you can see beneath the clouds in the Apollo 11 photograph.
Find the same shapes on one of the maps. (Hint: is north at the top of the photograph?)
Apollo 11 had to be directly above some place on Earth. Find that point. (Hint: where is the center of the photograph?)

Back to World Maps.

The Earth - Bill Arnett presents a NASA photo from Apollo-11.

Line Maps - Xerox PARC Map Viewer allows you to view maps of any portion of the Earth.

Written by: Rob Westcott, Hugh Anderson, and Lorraine Johnson.

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