LOCATION….

Where to go po?
 LOCATION
To find where a place is
 Absolute Location  Relative Location
 The latitude and
longitude of a place
(global location) or a
street address (local
location).
 Paris France is:
48o North Latitude and
2o East Longitude.
 The White House is
located at 1600
Pennsylvania Ave.
 Location of a place relative
to another place.
 Described by landmarks,
time, direction or distance
from one place to another.
 It is located 5 miles
west from the Gateway
Shopping Center.
 Virginia is located south
of Pennsylvania.
Absolute or Relative Location?
Write this down:
 575 North 7th Street.

 5 blocks west of Citizen’s Bank Park.

 Philadelphia is 40° North, 75° West.

 It’s somewhere around the corner.

 St. Louis, Missouri is located in eastern Missouri

along the Mississippi River.
Absolute or Relative Location?
 575 North 7th Street.
 Absolute location

 5 blocks west of Citizen’s Bank Park.

 Relative location

 Philadelphia is 40° North, 75° West.

 Absolute location

 It’s somewhere around the corner.

 Relative Location
 St. Louis in eastern Missouri along the Mississippi River.
 Relative Location
TYPES OF RELATIVE LOCATION

VICINAL LOCATION – Locating a place base on neighboring landforms

or landmarks

Insular Location– Locating a place base bodies of water surrounding

a certain territory
THE VICINAL LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES!!!!!!
THE VICINAL LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

TAIWAN

CHINA

VIETNAM GUAM

INDONESIA
 THE VICINAL LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES and its EFFECTS to
the Philippines

POSITIVE EFFECTS

A. Good Trading Relations

 THE VICINAL LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES and its EFFECTS to
the Philippines

POSITIVE EFFECTS

B. Allies / Partners with Neighboring Countries

 THE VICINAL LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES and its EFFECTS to
the Philippines

NEGATIVE EFFECTS

OTHER COUNTRIES USING OUR RESOURCES

 THE VICINAL LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES and its EFFECTS to
the Philippines

NEGATIVE EFFECTS

TERRITORIAL DISPUTES WITH NEIGHBORING

COUNTRIES
 THE VICINAL LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES and its EFFECTS to
the Philippines

NEGATIVE EFFECTS

TERRITORIAL DISPUTES WITH NEIGHBORING

COUNTRIES
THE INSULAR LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
THE INSULAR LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
BASHI CHANNEL

WEST PHILIPPINE PACIFIC OCEAN

SEA

CELEBES SEA
 THE VICINAL LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES and its EFFECTS to
the Philippines

GOOD FISHING GROUND

 THE INSULAR LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES and its EFFECTS
to the Philippines

BEAUTIFUL BEACHES
 THE INSULAR LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES and its EFFECTS
to the Philippines

Visited by Typhoons most of the

year