Question

Differentiate between latitude and longitude

Answer 1

Answer:

Latitude vs. Longitude. The latitude specifies a location's distance north or south of the equator. The longitude specifies the location's distance east or west from an imaginary line connecting the North and South Poles, called the Prime Meridian.

Answer 2

Longitude and latitude are like X/Y coordinates (absciss, ordinate) but on the Earth sphere. So any place on Earth can be pinpointed using its latitude (North/South value) and longitude (West/East value) coordinates.

A point's coordinate is measured in degrees because it is the angle betwheen the agreed reference (Equator for latitude / Greenwich for longitude) and this point, viewed from the center of Earth.