How do geographers determine the locations of places?

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Michaela Duncan

21 July, 11:30

How do geographers determine the locations of places?

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Marilyn Mata · Answer 1

The most reliable and unambiguous way to determine the locations is using the coordinate system, that is giving the longitude and the latitude of a place.

Joaquin Heath · Answer 2

1. One of their ways to locate a certain place is that they describe the exact spot of the place in the globe or they called it "Absolute location." To know the absolute location, they use a network of an imaginary line around the globe; the equator, the south and north poles, and the prime meridian. Some people also use relative location to find the location of the place they’re looking. Relative location is a way of finding a certain place using the nearest location it can be located.