can any 1 tell me about what longitude and lattitude are??

Question

PLz help regarding the below question......

can any 1 tell me about what longitude and lattitude are??

come up with useful links,examples and good explinations.

ThanX with anticipation

Answer 1

Longitude is the angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian which stretches from the North Pole to the South Pole and passes through Greenwich, England.

latitude - An imaginary line joining points on the earth's surface that are all of equal distance north or south of the equator

Answer 2

Longitude allows someone to describe how far east or west they are from Greenwich, England. Lattitude allows someone to describe how far north or south someone is from the equator.

Answer 3

Longitude and latitude are basically invisible lines that people use to show a certain place on a map. I'm not so sure about that, but I'm trying my best to answer your question. Sorry if I didn't answer thoroughly enough.

Answer 4

They are imaginary lines drawn on the Earth. The link below has some good pictures.

Answer 5

Lattitudes and longitudes are imaginary lines .

www.wikipedia.org may help .

Answer 6

longitudes are vertical lines dividing earth hypothetically and lattitutdes are horizontal lines

Answer 7

They are imaginary lines.
Latitudes are lines running parallel to the equator.
Lomgitudes are lines which run from pole to pole(south to north or vice-versa).

Answer 8

longitude- going sideways or back and forth

lattitude- going up and down

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longtitude

Answer 10

http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Slatlong.htm