Latitude and longitude go together to make the address of a point on the Earth's
surface. You can't calculate them, any more than you can calculate the address of
a house on the map. If there are some lines on the map that show the locations
of a few latitudes and longitudes, then maybe you can estimate the coordinates
of a point on the map by referring to the lines.
This system of using longitude and latitude to find exact locations on the earth is called the geographic coordinate system.
Latitude is the angle from a point on the Earth's surface and the equatorial plane measured from the center of the sphere. Lines joining points of the same latitude are called parallels, which trace concentric circles on the surface of the Earth, parallel to the equator. The north pole is 90° N; the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator. The equator is the fundamental plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Longitude is the angle east or west of a reference meridian between the two geographical poles to another meridian that passes through an arbitrary point. All meridians are halves of great circles and are not parallel. They converge at the north and south poles.
By combining these two angles, the horizontal position of any location on Earth can be specified.
The equator is 0 degrees latitude, but any longitude from 0 to 180, either east or west, is possible.
To find the longitude of the place on the equator, measure the angle along the
equator, between the place, and the point where the Prime Meridian crosses the
equator.
Longitude is the angular distance measured east (0° to 180°) or west (0° to -180°) from the prime meridian (running through Greenwich, England). Longitudinal lines on Earth run north and south. They account for the full 360° of the circumference of a sphere. They are shaped like squashed half-circles.
See related links for various ways to determine longitude.
Longitude is the angular distance measured east (0
We use longitude and latitude when looking at a map to calculate time.
The location of latitude 30.69 and longitude 88.05 is Mobile Alabama. The easiest way to pinpoint exact locations of longitude and latitude is to input the coordinates into any digital map and it will calculate it for you.
The lines of longitude on a map goes from north-south
You can calculate the longitude of a place when time is given using the Greenwich solar time.
on a map
We use longitude and latitude when looking at a map to calculate time.
The location of latitude 30.69 and longitude 88.05 is Mobile Alabama. The easiest way to pinpoint exact locations of longitude and latitude is to input the coordinates into any digital map and it will calculate it for you.
Latitude and longitude are able to pinpoint a certain location on Earth accurately on a map.
The lines of longitude on a map goes from north-south
Longitude lines go up and down on a map.
Latitude and Longitude map
Lines of longitude and longitude
Latitude and longitude
You cannot since most shapes do not have a longitude.
You can calculate the longitude of a place when time is given using the Greenwich solar time.
The cartographer, publisher, or printer of the map does that.
Longitude