if there is north south east and west what is straight up called?

Answer 1

in celestial navigation theory this is called the zenith and straight down is called the nadir. check out sites on astronmy, this may give you some information. good luck!

Answer 2

You ask a interesting, uncommon and serious question as humans we live on the surface of he Earth and we don't really think about where we are in terms of altitude or distance above the ground, above sea level or even distance from the center of the earth.

People think of the world as a 2 dimensional place. Mostly because we assume that if you tell us where you are, we just assume that you are going to be on the ground. No one gets to where you say you will meet them and then look up in the air for you.

I do complex engineering models, and three dimensional design is very difficult to teach to people.

That's probably why early people thought the Earth was flat.

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Answer 3

It is called altitude. Seriously, I am not joking. When your GPS locator is computing your position, it needs at least a signal from 3 different satellites to find your latitude and longitiude, and if it has a fourth, it can also calculate your altitude above mean sea level. I hope this helps.

Answer 4

Up It is what most people call that direction.

Answer 5

Straight up is the "zenith." Straight down is the "nadir."

Answer 6

It has lots of names.
Up.
The sky.
Atmosphere then space.
Altitude.
The perpendicular.
The "heavens".
"Out there" (Thank you, Captain Kirk)
The Universe

Answer 7

space

Answer 8

height