Latitude lines go east to west around the globe. They are parallel to each other and start at the equator. Half of latitude lines go north to the north pole and the other half go south to the south pole. Latitude lines at the equator are 0° and proceed to 90° at the poles.
Longitude lines run north and south around the globe. Their starting point is 0° at Greenwich, London, UK. Longitude lines resemble a peeled orange. They are widest at the equator and narrow until they finally converge with each other at the poles. There are 180° of Longitude lines. The International Dateline (180°) is halfway around the world from Greenwich (0°) and separates one day from another.
Used together, longitude and latitude can pinpoint any spot on earth by scanning one line until the other line is met. :) :)
The longitude of a point is the angle between a reference meridian, the imaginary line joining the North and South poles, and a meridian passing through the point. A line passing near the Royal Observatory, Greenwich (near London in the UK) has been chosen as the international zero-longitude reference line, the Prime Meridian.
The latitude of a point is the angle between the equator and a circle parallel to the equator passing through the point.
Lines of latitude are horizontal lines that extend from East to West along the globe while Longitude is vertical line which runs from North to the South pole.
Longitude lines go from north to South Pole. They are measured with degrees east an west of Greenwich, England. They tell you how east or west you are.
Latitude lines go around the earth horizontally. They measure from the equator how north and south you are. I remember ladder-tude because they are like the rungs on a ladder.
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. Latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface.
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Latitude lines go east to west around the globe. They are parallel to each other and start at the equator. Half of latitude lines go north to the north pole and the other half go south to the south pole. Latitude lines at the equator are 0° and proceed to 90° at the poles.
Longitude lines run north and south around the globe. Their starting point is 0° at Greenwich, London, UK. Longitude lines resemble a peeled orange. They are widest at the equator and narrow until they finally converge with each other at the poles. There are 180° of Longitude lines. The International Dateline (180°) is halfway around the world from Greenwich (0°) and separates one day from another.
Used together, longitude and latitude can pinpoint any spot on earth by scanning one line until the other line is met. :) :)
The longitude of a point is the angle between a reference meridian, the imaginary line joining the North and South poles, and a meridian passing through the point. A line passing near the Royal Observatory, Greenwich (near London in the UK) has been chosen as the international zero-longitude reference line, the Prime Meridian.
The latitude of a point is the angle between the equator and a circle parallel to the equator passing through the point.
Lines of latitude are horizontal lines that extend from East to West along the globe while Longitude is vertical line which runs from North to the South pole.
Latitude=horizontal lines (east to west) ex: the meridian
Longitude=vertical lines (north to south) ex: the equator
Longitude lines go from north to South Pole. They are measured with degrees east an west of Greenwich, England. They tell you how east or west you are.
Latitude lines go around the earth horizontally. They measure from the equator how north and south you are. I remember ladder-tude because they are like the rungs on a ladder.
http://geography.about.com/cs/latitudelongitude/a/...
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. Latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface.