what is the diferent from longtitude and latitude?

Answer 1

Lines of Latitude start at the Equator and run parallel to the Equator 90 degrees to the North pole and 90 to the South pole. All lines of Longitude are equal distant apart. Lines of Longitude run between the North and South poles. They are equal distant apart at the Equator but as they run either North or South they become closer and closer until a point where they all meet at the North pole and the South pole.

Answer 2

Longtitude goes North and South
Latitude goes East & West.

Answer 3

Longitude: Longitude, sometimes denoted λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. Longitude is given as an angular measurement ranging from 0° at the Prime Meridian to +180° eastward and −180° westward. Unlike latitude, which has the equator as a natural starting position, there is no natural starting position for longitude. Therefore, a reference meridian had to be chosen.

Latitude: Latitude, denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator.

Answer 4

There are two differences. Longitude runs north and south and all lines of longitude run through BOTH the north pole and the south pole.

Latitude runs east and west in parallel lines from the equator up to the poles, like a stack of hula hoops. But unlike "meridians" of longitude, the "parallels" of latitude are shorter and shorter as you get to a pole. Only the equator itself (which is a parallel of lattitude also) is the size of longitude.

There is a third difference. The meridians of longitude change name by 180 degrees when they pass through a pole. The zero meridian passes through the north pole to become the 180 meridian, which passed through the south pole and is renamed the zero meridian again, for example. (Whereas the equator is always 0 degrees latitude).

Answer 5

Longitude goes north-south and latitude goes east west. Latitude lines are called parallels in the military

Answer 6

Latitude

The angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees along a meridian, as on a map or globe.
A region of the earth considered in relation to its distance from the equator: temperate latitudes.
Astronomy. The angular distance of a celestial body north or south of the ecliptic.
Freedom from normal restraints, limitations, or regulations. See synonyms at room.
A range of values or conditions, especially the range of exposures over which a photographic film yields usable images.
Extent; breadth.

latitude, angular distance of any point on the surface of the earth north or south of the equator. The equator is latitude 0°, and the North Pole and South Pole are latitudes 90°N and 90°S, respectively. The length of one degree of latitude averages about 69 mi (110 km); it increases slightly from the equator to the poles as a result of the earth's polar flattening. Latitude is commonly determined by means of a sextant or other instrument that measures the angle between the horizon and the sun or another celestial body, such as the North Star (see Polaris). The latitude is then found by means of tables that give the position of the sun and other bodies for that date and hour. An imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting all points equidistant from the equator (and thus at the same latitude) is called a parallel of latitude. On most globes and maps parallels are usually shown in multiples of 5°. Because of their special meanings, four fractional parallels are also shown. These are the Tropic of Cancer (231/2°N) and the Tropic of Capricorn (231/2°S), marking the farthest points north and south of the equator where the sun's rays fall vertically (see tropics), and the Arctic Circle (661/2°N) and the Antarctic Circle (661/2°S), marking the farthest points north and south of the equator where the sun appears above the horizon each day of the year (see also midnight sun). Parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude together form a grid by which any point on the earth's surface can be specified. The term latitude is also used in various celestial coordinate systems (see ecliptic coordinate system).

Longitude

Angular distance on the earth's surface, measured east or west from the prime meridian at Greenwich, England, to the meridian passing through a position, expressed in degrees (or hours), minutes, and seconds.
Celestial longitude.

longitude (lŏn'jĭtūd') , angular distance on the earth's surface measured along any latitude line such as the equator east or west of the prime meridian. A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line on the earth's surface from pole to pole; two opposite meridians form a great circle dividing the earth into two hemispheres. By international agreement, the meridian passing through the original site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory at Greenwich, England, is designated the prime meridian, and all points along it are at 0° longitude. All other points on the earth have longitudes ranging from 0° to 180°E or from 0° to 180°W. Except where it is changed to account for populated areas, the international date line lies along the 180° meridian. Meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude together form a grid by which any position on the earth's surface can be specified. The term longitude is also used in various celestial coordinate systems (see ecliptic coordinate system).

Answer 7

Longitudinal lines are the lines that run from pole to pole as semi-geodesics, equally spaced to total 360 degrees. Latitudinal lines run at perpendicular angles to longitudes. They are equally spaced, but from the 0 degree lone at the equator, they only mark out the 90 degrees to the north and south poles respectively. They are also geodesic lines. The most recent system was first devised by Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish cartographer. We've updated throughout the years, but his system remains basically intact over the last 400+ years.

Answer 8

Latitude (shown as a horizontal line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are often referred to as parallels.
Longitude (shown as a vertical line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds, of a point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian. Lines of longitude are often referred to as meridians.

Answer 9

Latitude (shown as a horizontal line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are often referred to as parallels.
Longitude (shown as a vertical line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds, of a point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian. Lines of longitude are often referred to as meridians.

Answer 10

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