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latitude in Greek means "wide" while longitude means "long"
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What lines on maps are used to determine location?
Latitude and Longitude
Unit of measure used to determine absolute location?
The unit of measure used to determine absolute location is degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude. The Earth has 360 degrees at the equator.
Do lines of latitude help us determine absolute location?
Lines of latitude must be used with lines of longitude to help us find the absolute location. Lines of latitude alone cannot determine absolute location.
How do you use longitude and latitude used to identify a location?
what using a longitude and latitude is used to create map showing exact location
What if globe has not been invented and you will go to Canada how will you know its exact location?
Longitude and latitude give exact location and you don't need a globe to get it. People like Columbus used an astrolobe and a sextant to determine longitude and latitude.
What do the 2 axes on a map tell you?
The axes (latitude and longitude) are used to determine the location of a place or thing on the map.
What are longitude an latitude used for?
Absolute location
How are latitude and longitude used for?
they are used to tell what your location on the earth is.
How latitude and longitude are used to find specific locations on earth?
Latitude and longitude are used to find the degrees horizontally and vertically around the earth, pin-pointing a location.
What unit of measure is used to determine longitude or latitude?
Degrees.
How are lines on the globe used to indicate location?
Latitude and Longitude :)
A system of imaginary lines used to determine absolute location on the earth's surface is called the?
It's either Latitude & Longitude or the Prime Meridian
