Category Archives: Geography Practicals/Lab and Statistical Techniques

Even today big ships are all required to carry working sextants and the navigating officers have regular routines to keep themselves familiar with making it work. Despite all the Global Positioning Satellites, gyro compasses and radio communications it is at … Continue reading →

How do navigators use the stars, including our sun, the moon, and planets to find their way? Well, for at least two millennia, navigators have known how to determine their latitude — their position north or south of the equator. … Continue reading →

What is Surveying? Knowing about the relative position of various objects, determination of distances between them, measurement of angles, measurement of height, determination of boundaries and relative heights of various points come under the purview of surveying. It is very … Continue reading →

Precipitation maps tell you where rain and snow are expected. High pressure (H) areas are dry and tend to form clear skies, while low pressure (L) areas are humid, cloudy, and sometimes stormy. The curved, unmarked lines are “isobars,” showing … Continue reading →