In geography, location is a position or point in physical space expressed relative to the position of another point or thing. A real location can often be designated by Cartesian coordinates. On the Earth, the geographic coordinate system can be used to specify the position of any location. A spatial point is an entity with a location in space but no extent (volume, area or length). ... According to comedian Steven Wright, physical space is the thing that keeps everything from happening in the same place. ... Jump to: navigation, search Reality in everyday usage means everything that exists. ... Jump to: navigation, search Cartesian means relating to the French mathematician and philosopher Descartes, who, among other things, worked to merge algebra and Euclidean geometry. ... Jump to: navigation, search Earth, also known as the Earth, Terra, and (mostly in the 19th century) Tellus, is the third-closest planet to the Sun. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a...

A location may be described as either absolute location, meaning the exact location of something, or relative location, meaning the location of soemthing relative to something else. Jump to: navigation, search Absolute location is the actual spot on the planet where something is. ... Jump to: navigation, search Relative location is the place that something is in comparison to something else. ...