This article will teach you how to get longitude and latitude for any given location using Google Maps.

This quiz starts with select points on a globe. Students must determine the latitude, longitude, and direction for each point.

Use the longitude and latitude clues to find the treasures on the map. The more treasures you find the more challenging it will be to find them.

Students paint pumpkins to make their own globes in this fun way to learn longitude and latitude.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using latitude and longitude to find a location.

"The quest for a reliable method to find your way at sea was one of the thorniest problems of the 1700s." Find out about the search for longitude at this NOVA site. Includes interactive Shockwave game, learning activities and more.

Lost at sea with only your sextant? Use your knowledge of longitude to find your place. The non-shockwave interactive activity makes the concept of longitude concrete.

A collection of latitude and longitude mapping activities ranging from pin-pointing exact locations on the globe to researching the history behind this basic geography concept.

Try to locate famous landmarks using latitude and longitude coordinates in this interactive classroom activity.

Using maps, students explore the concept of distances along great circles and straight lines. Airline flight paths are used as an example.

Chronicle of the changes that occurred in various areas when latitude was identified in 1516. Site includes links to the changes in maps, compass roses, and the science of sailing.

In this amazingly comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn about the characteristics and features of the different biomes on our planet.

In this activity, using the USA TODAY Infograph "Scientists go below to find," students will graph a city's location by using latitude and longitude coordinates. Students will determine the distance to travel between cities using a...

Grab quick facts about Taiwan (capital, total area, population, languages, literacy, religions, government, currency, industry, and more) while looking at a map, complete with cities, elevations, bodies of water, longitude, and latitude....

This interactive globe allows you to get any view of the earth by entering latitude, longitude and season criteria.

In this unit, students learn the very basics of navigation, including the different kinds of navigation and their purpose. The concepts of relative and absolute location, latitude, longitude and cardinal directions are discussed, as well...

This site from NASA provides definitions of latitude and longitude with good graphics.

Provides lessons and activities for teaching about the different types of coordinate systems including the Cartesian coordinate system, the Geographic Coordinate System, the Universal Transverse Mercator grid, and the State Plane...

Students can read about how lines of latitude and longitude form a grid that makes it easy to pinpoint one's location on Earth. Then they can take an online quiz to check their understanding.

Teachers who are looking for a complete course study in physical geography need this site. It is very well organized and colorfully designed. It contains an online glossary, study guides, links, clip art, maps etc.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the division of the hemispheres, northern and southern, and eastern and western. The Equator and Prime Meridian are defined, as well as latitude and longitude. Students are given...

Cryptids, creatures of questionable existence, are used as a source of data to guide students into the creation of their own GIS data layer in Google Earth. The activity serves the purpose of a tutorial to teach students how to make data...

Learn about the geography of New York. Includes latitude and longitude information, as well as information about the highest and lowest areas of land.

This quiz will determine whether you can use latitude and longitude properly to find absolute locations on the earth.