What are latitudes and longitudes????
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Both longitude and latitude are angles measured with the center of the earth as an origin. A longitude is an angle from the prime merdian, measured to the east (longitudes to the west are negative). Latitudes measure an angle up from the equator (latitudes to the south are negative).
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Latitudes :
- Line's of latitude run horizontally.
- latitude is measured in degrees.
- the equator is 0 degree latitude.
- lines of latitude locate places North or South of the equator.
- the north pole is 90 degrees N latitude and the South Pole is 90 degrees S latitude.
Longitude :
- Line's of longitude run vertically.
- they are also called meridians.
- the Prime Meridian is found in Greenwich, England.
- the Prime Meridian is 0 degrees longitude.
- lines of longitude locate places east or west of the Prime Meridian.
- there are 180 degrees of East longitude, and 180 degrees of West longitude.
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