LATITUDE horizontally
LONGITUDE vertically
2006-12-31 14:34:32
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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Count the number of degrees from the equator to the point you are looking, express it in Degrees, Minutes, Seconds. Add North if you are going towards the North, or South if you are going toward the South pole, express it DD:MM:SS N (or S). That is your latitude.
Do the same going from Greenwich meridian (0 deg), going left (West) or going right (East). Express it as a value between 0 and 180Deg, same form as the latitude.
This is your Longitude.
Write it as DD:MM:SS N (or S), DD:MM:SS E (or W)...
To avoid confusing Latitude and Longitude, (as many do) think "LONG": you measure something "long" on a HORIZONTAL line: LONGitude is HORIZONTAL (left or right), so Latitude is vertical (towards the poles)
2006-12-31 21:10:42
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answer #2
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answered by just "JR" 7
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latitude and longitudes are the angular values.
there are 180 plus equator lines of latitudes
and 360 lines of longitudes. all these lines are one degree apart
these are reference lines.
these are assisted by cardinal points or directions.
lines of latitudes have suffix of north or south while
lines of longitudes have a suffix of east or west.
equator and prime meridians are the base lines.
2006-12-31 16:54:30
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answered by Anonymous
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longitude and latitude line on the globe is read by degree
2006-12-31 15:11:45
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answered by Goandorser T 1
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Long-y-tu-de
Lat-y-tu-de
2006-12-31 14:32:59
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answered by Kiru 2
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Find a good description here: http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Slatlong.htm
2006-12-31 14:58:14
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answered by Anonymous
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