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All the way once around the globe is defined as 360 degrees. You're free
to draw as few or as many lines on your map as you want in that range.
There is no standard set of "lines" that everybody is required to use.
They're just marks that some manufacturers print on their maps and globes,
and others don't.
Personally, I use software that can display 648,000 lines around the globe
if I want to see them. That's one roughly every 200 feet north or south, all
around the Earth. Usually, I don't need that many. And if the spot I'm looking
at falls between two of those lines, I estimate the latitude between those
two numbers.
The latitudes of places on the Earth cover a range of 180 degrees ... from
-90 at the south pole to +90 at the north pole. Again, different maps and
globes have different numbers of lines that mark some even latitude divisions.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoFrom the north pole to the south pole, there are 180 degrees of latitude on
Earth. You're free to draw as few or as many lines as you feel you'd like to
have on your map or globe, and you can draw lines at any latitudes you want.
There's no standard set of 'lines' that everybody is required to use.
My mapping software can give me 324,000 lines of latitude on the screen if
I want them. But I've never felt the need for them, and when I turn them all
on to see what they look like, I can't see anything on the map under the lines.
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What is another name for the lines that run across the globe east-west called besides latitude?
The lines on the globe are not called "latitude", any more than the marks on a thermometer are called "temperature". The lines on the globe that mark intervals of latitude are called "parallels" of latitude.
Are Lines of longitude and latitude are used for locating certain points on the globe?
Yes. The intersection of a line of longitude and a line of latitude is a point on the globe, and that point is identified by the longitude and latitude of those lines.
What are the lines on the globe called?
The key lines are latitude and longitude. These are based on specific points. The equator is the latitude around the center of the earth. Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian, which goes through the Greenwich Observatory in England.The Tropics and the Arctic/Antarctic Circle are also key.
What does the lines in globe equator?
All lines of latitude are parallel to the Equator, except the poles ,which are dot/points.
Lines running parallel to the equator are called?
You have answered the question for yourself ; They are 'Latitudes''. Longitudes (Meridians) are lines that run North to South from the North Pole to the South Pole. Longitudes come to a point at the poles, but spread out to a maximum at the Equator.
How many lines of latitude are on the globe?
there are 36 lines of latitude respectively
Are the parallel lines on a globe called longitude or latitude lines?
Latitude.
What is another name for the lines that run across the globe east-west called besides latitude?
The lines on the globe are not called "latitude", any more than the marks on a thermometer are called "temperature". The lines on the globe that mark intervals of latitude are called "parallels" of latitude.
What are lines of latitude and what do they measure?
The lines of latitude are the North and South lines on the globe. They measure the time changes there are in areas.
What are the lines of the globe called?
latitude and longitude
What are the lines on the globe that look like a checkerboard called?
the lines on the globe are called longitude and latitude lines the longitude lines go up and down while the latitude lines go left to right
Why there is an imaginary lines on globe?
Those lines are called longitude and latitude.
Which lines complete a full circle around the globe Longitude or Latitude?
latitude
The horizontal lines on the globe are called?
Latitude
What do you call the imaginary horizontal lines on the globe?
Latitude
Are Lines of longitude and latitude are used for locating certain points on the globe?
Yes. The intersection of a line of longitude and a line of latitude is a point on the globe, and that point is identified by the longitude and latitude of those lines.
What lines of latitude at 0 degrees of latitude is located around the middle of the globe?
the equator
