Cartesian Coordinates

A way to pinpoint where you are on a map or graph by how far along and how far up or down the point is.

Example: the point (12,5) is 12 units along, and 5 units up.

Often called "x,y" coordinates where the x coordinate runs left-right and the y coordinate runs up-down.

The point where the x and y axes meet is called the origin, with the label (0,0)

For 3 dimensional locations we add a z-axis (like depth). A point is shown as (x,y,z), where z tells how far forward or back the point is.