Question

1) Explain latitudes and longitudes ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Latitude and longitude are angles that uniquely define points on a sphere. ... Latitudes of +90 and -90 degrees correspond to the north and south geographic poles on the earth, respectively. Longitude is defined in terms of meridians, which are half-circles running from pole to pole.

Answer 2

ʙᴏᴛʜ ʟᴏɴɢɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴀᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴɢʟᴇs ᴍᴇᴀsᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ᴀs ᴀɴ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴ. ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ɪs ᴀɴ ᴀɴɢʟᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀɪᴍᴇ ᴍᴇʀᴅɪᴀɴ, ᴍᴇᴀsᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀsᴛ (ʟᴏɴɢɪᴛᴜᴅᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇsᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ). ʟᴀᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇs ᴍᴇᴀsᴜʀᴇ ᴀɴ ᴀɴɢʟᴇ ᴜᴘ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇǫᴜᴀᴛᴏʀ (ʟᴀᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ).