Question

What is the importance of latitude?

Answer 1

In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface. 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. Without qualification the term latitude should be taken to be the geodetic latitude as defined in the following sections. Also defined are six auxiliary latitudes which are used in special applications. There is a separate article on the History of latitude measurements.

Answer 2

The most important line of latitude is the equator,which runs horizontally around the fattest part of the earth. The most important longitude line is the prime Meridian which runs vertically & goes through Greenwich, England.

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