Question

What is Latitude and Longitude?​

Answer 1

Answer:

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).

Answer 2

Answer:

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).