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Some of the people who regularly use latitude and longitude in their jobs are: geographers, cartographers, members of the Armed Services or military, geologists, aviators, travel agents, historians and social studies teachers.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agoLatitude lines are invisible vertical lines that cover the earth from East to West. Longitude lines are invisible horizontal lines that also cover the earth, but from the North pole to South pole. Put them both on the earth it looks like the earth is divided into a grid from which to locate any point on the planet. Each line has its own number and each point has both a latitude and longitude value. You can give one line that is on the side the number 40 degrees north. And on the other side you can give it 50 degrees south. Then you find out where they meet on the map.
In short, latitude and longitude provide a "grid system" by which any location on Earth can be specified.
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∙ 14y agoAny place on Earth where your "absolute" location is desired.
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∙ 7y agosailors, mapmakers
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Which type of map projection shows all latitude and longitude lines as parell?
The Mercator projection
What type of careers may use latitude and longitude?
a map maker or a geographer
What is the latitude and longitude of composite volcano?
A composite volcano is a type of volcano that can be present anywhere on Earth. If you are looking for the latitude and longitude of a certain composite volcano, please state the name of a specific composite volcano in the question.
What type of meridians meet at the poles?
Meridians meet at the poles and are widest apart at the equator. Zero degrees longitude (0°) is called the prime meridian. The degrees of longitude run 180° east and 180° west from the prime meridian. Latitude and longitude lines form an imaginary grid over the Earth's surface.
What country is at 36 north and 140 degrees east?
According to the World Atlas website, the longitude and latitude coordinates of 36 degrees north and 140 degrees east is the location of the city of Ibaraki-ken in Japan. According to Google Maps, those coordinates are for the country of Japan. Google Maps is a great source for finding the location of a place on earth by its longitude and latitude coordinates. Simply type the latitude coordinate into the search box and then type a comma and then type the longitude coordinate. Google Maps will then display that location.
Which type of map projection shows all latitude and longitude lines as parell?
The Mercator projection
What is the longitude and latitude of the tundra?
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What type of projection has parallel lines of longitude which disappear near the poles?
Mercator is the type of projection which has parallel lines of longitude which disappear near the poles. The project in question also presents parallel lines of latitude even though the overall clarity gets distorted around both the North and South Poles.
What type of map shows the weathering of mountains?
it uses latitude and longitude
Is latitude or longitude more important in determining the type of biome in a given area?
The latitude is the measure of an areas distance from the sun while the longitude is the measure of the angular distance on earth's surface. The latitude measures the climate and therefore the type of biome in a given area.
What type of careers may use latitude and longitude?
a map maker or a geographer
What type of line is a parallel?
Parallel lines are two lines that will never intersect, like this.________________________________________________________
On Mars what type of crater is found at latitude 61degree longitude 87 degree?
a big one
What is the latitude and longitude of composite volcano?
A composite volcano is a type of volcano that can be present anywhere on Earth. If you are looking for the latitude and longitude of a certain composite volcano, please state the name of a specific composite volcano in the question.
What type of government has the Arctic Circle?
Lines of latitude don't have governments.
What type of lines is the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn?
a line of latitude
What is dansville new york longitude and latitude?
Type your answer here... Longitude: 71° 47' 25" W to 79° 45' 54" W Latitude: 40° 29' 40" N to 45° 0' 42" N
