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1.A mesh of intersecting Latitudes and Longitudes drawn on a map produce a Geographic Grid, a Reference Grid or Graticule. Geographic Grid is used to identify locations on the earth.
2.Hipparchus, a Greek astronomer (190–120 BC), was the first to specify location using latitude and longitude as co-ordinates. He proposed a zero meridian passing through Rhodes.
3.Latitude is an angle (defined below) which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles. Lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run east–west as circles parallel to the equator. Latitude is used together with longitude to specify the precise location of features on the surface of the Earth.
4.Every parallel of the latitudes make the full circle, and this is one of the most important characteristics of the lines of latitude.
When it comes to the lines of latitude, they perpetually drew at an angular range with respect to the equator.
5.The "circumference" of the equator is “40,000 kilometres”.1 degree angular distance in kilometres is “111.2km or 69 miles”. We got this value by dividing 40,000 by 360 degrees as the earth is a sphere, and the total degrees a sphere or a circle has are 360 degrees. Thus each degree among these 360 degrees represents a total of 111.2 km which totals up to roughly 40,032 km - the length of the equator.
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1) The cris-cross lines which forms a grid and this framework is known as geography grid.The lines of latitude and lines of longitude intersect each other at right angle.
Explanation:
3) Lines of Latitude:- It is the angular distance of a place north or south of the equator. They are parallel to the each other and equator. It helps to find location of area, distance of place. it divides the earth into different climatic zones.
Lines of Longitude:- It is the angular distance of a place east or west of the prime meridian.All meridians of longitude converge at poles. They are used to find location and standard time of a place.
4) Latitude are not of equal length and becomes smaller as we move towards the pole. At 60° in the length of the circle is half the length of the equator at the poles these lines are just points or dots.
Longitude are two diametrically opposite lines make a full circle. the distance between two launcher is maximum at the equator the distance decreases gradually as one moves towards your poles.