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In order to help the sailor the maps also had to be accurate. The greeks tried to make the maps accurate with the help of longitudes and latitudes. They tried to find out a set of places where the midday occurred at the same time. These places were joined together with a line from north to south - this was the meridian or longitude. They also tried to draw the latitude by connecting places which had equal length of shadow at noon.
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the Equator

Ecuador was named for the Equator, the 0-degree latitude line that also passes through 11 other countries. Latitude is the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator. It is measured with 180 imaginary lines that form circles around the Earth east-west, parallel to the Equator