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Map Men is an edutainment mini-series [2] [3] currently in its fourth series, which is created, written, and presented by Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A mix of comedy and geography , [ 4 ] its videos regularly attract 1-5 million views on YouTube .
Where In The World was an early evening quiz programme shown on Channel 4 in the UK. The quiz tested contestants' knowledge of geography and was produced by HTV West from about 1983 until 1985. The programme was hosted by Ray Alan . [ 1 ]
A coordinate system conversion is a conversion from one coordinate system to another, with both coordinate systems based on the same geodetic datum. Common conversion tasks include conversion between geodetic and earth-centered, earth-fixed coordinates and conversion from one type of map projection to another.
What in the World? is a 1951 to 1965 television quiz show hosted by Dr. Froelich Rainey in which the scholar-contestants tried to identify artifacts. [1] The objects were primarily archaeological in nature, but also consisted of fossils, ethnographic items and more. [2] [3] It premiered on October 7, 1951 on CBS.
There are two common pronunciations for the word. [1]/ ˈ k ɪ l ə m iː t ər,-l oʊ-/ / k ɪ ˈ l ɒ m ɪ t ər / The first pronunciation follows a pattern in English whereby SI units are pronounced with the stress on the first syllable (as in kilogram, kilojoule and kilohertz) and the pronunciation of the actual base unit does not change irrespective of the prefix (as in centimetre ...
In 2001, TV Guide ranked the show at No. 47 on its list of 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time. The show was created partially in response to the results of a National Geographic survey indicating little knowledge of geography among some of the American populace, with one in four being unable to locate the Soviet Union or the Pacific Ocean. [2]
Nautical miles and knots are almost universally used for aeronautical and maritime navigation, because of their relationship with degrees and minutes of latitude and the convenience of using the latitude scale on a map for distance measuring. The data mile is used in radar-related subjects and is equal to 6,000 feet (1.8288 kilometres). [90]
In any ellipsoid, the length of a degree of longitude at the equator is exactly 60 geographical miles. The Earth's radius at the equator in the GRS80 ellipsoid is 6,378,137.0000 m, [3] which makes the geographical mile 1,855.3248 m. The rounding of the Earth's radius to metres in GRS80 has an effect of 0.0001 m.