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A degree of longitude and latitude is further subdivided into minutes and seconds (units of arc, not time).
Longitude and latitude are given in degrees, each degree is 60 minutes, each minute is 60 seconds.A coordinate might be written similar to 65° 32' 15" (degree °, minute ', second ").
Minutes (1/60 of a degree) and seconds (1/60 of a minutes). After that you use decimals of a second.
Those quantities are angles. Angle degrees may be subdivided in decimal degrees, or in the awkward, clunky, but traditional 'minutes' and 'seconds'.
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A degree of longitude and latitude is further subdivided into minutes and seconds (units of arc, not time).
Longitude and latitude are given in degrees, each degree is 60 minutes, each minute is 60 seconds.A coordinate might be written similar to 65° 32' 15" (degree °, minute ', second ").
Minutes (1/60 of a degree) and seconds (1/60 of a minutes). After that you use decimals of a second.
Those quantities are angles. Angle degrees may be subdivided in decimal degrees, or in the awkward, clunky, but traditional 'minutes' and 'seconds'.
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Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute is divided into 60 seconds. While the distance represented by a degree of longitude can vary with the latitude, each degree of latitude (north and south) is equal to 60 nautical miles, so one minute of latitude is equal to 1 nautical mile. (About 1.15 statute miles) One nautical mile is equal to 2026 yards, so one second of latitude is equal to 33.8 feet.
where is 120 degree longitude
Lines of latitude are subdivided into minutes and seconds. Each degree of latitude is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute is divided into 60 seconds. Lines of longitude are subdivided in the same way, using minutes and seconds. However, the length of a minute of longitude is not constant, as it depends on the distance from the equator.
The degree of longitude east of 5 degrees west is 4 degrees west longitude.
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