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What are the end point of the earth?
The "end points" of Earth can refer to various geographical extremes, such as the North and South Poles, which represent the northernmost and southernmost points on the planet, respectively. Alternatively, it can also refer to the highest point, Mount Everest, and the lowest point, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. These locations highlight Earth's diverse topography and extreme environments.
A imaginary line that follows the curve of the earth the shortest distance between two points on a globe?
... is called a Great Circle arc.
The distance between 2 point is called?
It is simply called the distance between the two points - simple as that. How that distance is measured will depend on the nature of the surface on which the two points are located as well as on the metric for measuring distance that is defined on that space.The common metric in Euclidean space is the Pythagorean distance while on the surface of a sphere (like the Earth, for example), distances are measured along the great arc.
Why are the lines of longitude so much closer together at the bottom portion of the map than they are at the top?
Because the earth is round and the bottom of the earth is smaller than the middle of earth such as the equator
What is used to accurately locate points on earth?
A compass
