Which Way Is Jerusalem? Which Way Is Mecca? The Direction-Facing Problem in Religion and Geography

Autor/in	Levina, Daniel Z.
Titel	Which Way Is Jerusalem? Which Way Is Mecca? The Direction-Facing Problem in Religion and Geography
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography, 101 (2002) 1, S.27-37 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1341
DOI	10.1080/00221340208978464
Schlagwörter	Geography Instruction; Teaching Methods; Comparative Analysis; Religion; Geographic Location; Locational Skills (Social Studies); Topography + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lokalisierung; Topografie
Abstract	Determining the direction in which to face another location on the globe is a problem with significant social and religious meaning, and one with a rich and interesting history in the Western world. Yet a fully satisfying geographic solution to this problem is hindered by our intuitive perception of the world as a flat surface-where a "straight" path (1) is the shortest distance, and (2) maintains a constant angle. On a curved surface, however, only one of these two properties can be satisfied: the first, by a great circle; the second, by a rhumb line. These two solutions are analyzed, compared, and applied to the direction-facing problem. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10