UNIT ONE MAP READING 1. INTRODUCTION One of the important dimensions of social knowledge is being able to locate yourself in time and space answering the questions when and where. Locating yourself in time requires an understanding of the concepts of days‚ hours‚ second‚ years‚ months‚ weeks and even centuries. Similarly locating yourself in space requires an
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like ATMEGA microcontroller‚ ultrasonic sensor and microphone to provide more refined location and orientation information. The visually impaired person issues the command and receives the direction response using audio signals. The latitude and longitude values are received continuously from the GPS receiver and then transferred to the PC using the zigbee transceivers‚ using these values the localization of the visually impaired person is attained using Google map. KEYWORDS localization; visually
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freedom and the quest for truth‚ his work has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age. Since my fellow teachers and I have always hold Mr. Sartre in the highest regard‚ I sincerely recommend Jean-Paul Sartre as the ideal winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. If any questions occur feel free to contact me. Sincerely yours‚ Janiek Bouman Professor French literature École normale supérieure‚
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Time Line of Christchurch Bay 1366- there was a severe erosion at Highcliffe. 1587- Richard Popinjay’s produced a sketch map of Isle of Wight. 1587- Dorset and Hampshire defences were set up. 1595- John Norden created a map of Hampshire‚ showing the village of Hordwell 1654- Old data of the previous data were seen by Burton 1695- Robert Morden modified the map created by John Norden 1703- on the 24th of November‚ a very severe storm known as the Daniel Defoe’s storm appeared‚ producing
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MEMO Date: February 17‚ 2014 To: Information and Communications Technology Center (ICTC) From: Janselle Myles Laragan‚ Nino Abenojar‚ Nicole Fenol‚ Rolex Dimapilis‚ Benjamin Seo Subject: IKOT La Salle Tracker Introduction and Recommendation In the past 6 years of implementing a jeepney transportation or also known as Ikot La Salle is very helpful in the University. Walking inside the campus in 27 hectares is not appropriate; students‚ faculty‚ and also visitors can ride in Ikot La Salle
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Nobel Prize Winner Jules Hoffmann to Speak at 2016 International Congress of Entomology (1888 PressRelease) Dr. Jules A. Hoffmann‚ winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine‚ will be one of two Nobel Prize winners‚ along with Peter Agre (2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)‚ to speak at the 2016 International Congress of Entomology in Orlando‚ Florida. Washington‚ DC-MD-VA-WV - Dr. Jules A. Hoffmann‚ winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine‚ will speak at the
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The Prize: The Power Play for Oil The world has been forcibly changed by the discovery‚ invention or innovation of various things throughout history‚ as food items‚ weapons and even techniques have shaped world history. However‚ oil stands as perhaps the premier thing to ever shape history‚ as oil has remained a mainstay within the global power struggle for centuries. Daniel Yergin acknowledges the power and possibility made available by oil in his renowned book The Prize‚ where he explains
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Lines of Latitude are parallel to the equator. True Lines of longitude are parallel to the polar axis. True What is the approximate diameter of Earth at the equator? About 8‚000 miles “Time” can be used to calculate latitude. False Why is it difficult to produce a 2-dimensional map of the earth that will faithfully reproduce to entire earth surface without distortion? There is no way to produce such a map because of the shape of the earth. According to Oceanography‚ Which of the following was the
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is written by Dava Sobel. The book is called Longitude because it is about a clock maker who was able to determine longitude. Determining longitude was the superlative scientific question in the eighteenth century that Galileo and Newton were not able to resolve. The principal inspiration behind the invention completed in this book is that many sailors were lost at seas as a result of their ignorance
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Cartesian coordinates‚ also called rectangular coordinates‚ provide a method of rendering graphs and indicating the positions of points on a two-dimensional surface or in three-dimensional space. The scheme gets its name from one of the first people known to have used it‚ the French mathematician and philosopher René Descartes. The Cartesian coordinates in the plane are specified in terms of the x -coordinates axis and the y -coordinate axis‚ as illustrated in the below figure. The origin is the
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