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Channel: BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks
Categories: Geography   |   Science   |   Social Science   |   Technology  
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So you’ve seen those location-tagging numbers on maps and GPS devices before, but do you actually know what they mean? Brainstuff is here to fill you in.

Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com:
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/travel/gps.htm

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SOURCES:

https://www2.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9794/3022

http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/downloads/Map_Skills_Booklet.pdf

https://www.britannica.com/place/Greenwich-meridian

http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion1/tc_units.html

https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2001/0077/report.pdf

https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/dms-decimal

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