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Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...
An icon representing the concept of location. In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface.The term location generally implies a higher degree of certainty than place, the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous boundary, relying more on human or social attributes of place identity and sense of place than on geometry.
Every site on Earth has a unique absolute location, which can be identified with a reference grid (such as latitude and longitude). Maps and globes can be used to find location and can also be used to convey other types of geographical information. Map projections are used to represent the three-dimensional Earth on a two-dimensional map.
A geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on Earth as latitude and longitude. [1] It is the simplest, oldest and most widely used type of the various spatial reference systems that are in use, and forms the basis for most others.
The simplest example of a coordinate system is the identification of points on a line with real numbers using the number line.In this system, an arbitrary point O (the origin) is chosen on a given line.
Robotics: self-navigating, autonomous robots using GPS sensors, [137] which calculate latitude, longitude, time, speed, and heading. Sport: used in football and rugby for the control and analysis of the training load. [138] Surveying: surveyors use absolute locations to make maps and determine property boundaries.
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