We use latitude and longitude to precisely describe the location of places on the surface of the Earth.
Lines of latitude and longitude allows any position on the Earth to be plotted.
Latitude runs east to west of the earth and longitude lines rubs north to south of the earth.
You find the lines of latitude and longitude and find the place that they intersect, which is your location.
All 50 states in the United States use some form of latitude and longitude lines to determine their borders.
lines of latitude
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Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
Latitude.
Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude, and every parallel of latitude is perpendicular to every meridian of longitude.
Latitude and longitude
The lines that intercept latitude lines are lines of longitude.
Lines of Longitude