How is the location of a place shown correctly on the surface of the earth? Share with your friends Share 6 Umake Zaman Thoker answered this It is correctly shown through symbols and by latitudes and longitudes which gave accurate location of the places whether on Globe or map. 7 View Full Answer Tanmay answered this LANDMARKS 0 Noyonika Mukherjee answered this The location of a place is correctly shown by maps and a globe. Maps give more specific information than a globe. The grid is also very useful to correctly show a place on the surface of the earth. 2