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The art and science of map making is called cartography , the 2 purposes of a map is to be a reference tool to identify an objects absolute and relative location. The second reason, a communications tool to convey the distribution of human activities or physical features. Absolute location, position as expressed in degrees,minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude. Relative location, is the regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places. Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface. Latitude is measured by imaginary lines running parallel to the equator, and used ti measure distance by degrees North or South of the equator.