what is latitudes & what is 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 --- latitude is the measurement of distance north or south of the equator... it is measured with 180 imaginary lines that From circles around the Earth east-west parallel to the equator..
longitudes --- longitudes is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian. longitude is measured by imagery lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South poles..
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