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How many minute lines are there between each set of longitude lines?
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A "meridian of longitude" is an imaginary line which circles the Earth and passes through both the North Pole and the South Pole. Such a line can be drawn at any point on the surface of the Earth.
In theory, there can be an infinite number of meridians of longitude. Therefore, the distance between the meridians can be infinitely small.
Map makers often mark each fifteen degrees, to correspond approximately with the time zones, but there is no universal standard.
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How many longitude lines are there between each meridian line?
"Lines of longitude" are conceptual, not physical; there can be as many as we want. For example, there are 3600 "seconds of longitude" between each degree of longitude. That's 60 minutes of arc per degree, and 60 seconds of arc per minute.
What is each degree of latitude or longitude further subdivided into?
Minutes (1/60 of a degree) and seconds (1/60 of a minutes). After that you use decimals of a second.
What way do lines of longitude and longitude run?
Lines of longitude stay right there where they are at. Each of them connects the north and south poles.
Which lines-latitude or longitude-are always the same distance from each other no matter where they are on the planet?
The longitude lines are always the same distance from each other.
What distance are lines of longitude used to know?
None. The distances between the lines of longitude are a meaningless concept. These lines measure angular distance around the world around the equator. Each degree of longitude is approx 111 km at the equator and 0 km at the poles.
Do all lines of longitude meet at the equator?
Each line of latitude (the ones parallel to the Equator) crosses each line of longitude (the north - south lines).
When lines of longitude and latitude cross they make a?
Lines of longitude and latitude cross each other and denote the absolute location of the area crossed by the coordinates. Each area on earth has it own absolute location.
How many minutes are between laTitude lines?
As many or as few as you want. There is no 'standard' set of "lines". If you give me two lines of latitude that are only 1 minute apart, I can draw another line between them, spaced only 1/2 minute from each of yours.
Are latitude lines called meridian?
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
What do lines of longitude or meridians extend from?
Each meridian of longitude joins the north and south poles.
How many degrees difference is there between each line of latitude and longitude shown on the globes?
Some globes have lines printed every 15 degrees, others have lines printed every 20 degrees, or every 30 degrees, or every 10 degrees, and some globes have no lines printed on them at all. There's no standard set of lines. A line can be drawn at any longitude you want, and a line can be drawn at any latitude you want. There is mapping software that can print lines separated by 2 seconds of arc if I want them. That's 324,000 lines of latitude and 648,000 lines of longitude. Your question is a lot like asking "How many inches difference is there between each mark of length shown on the ruler ?". The answer, of course, is that it depends on the ruler, they're not all the same, and there's no official standard set of marks. Each degree of latitude (measuring north or south) equals 60 nautical miles, so one minute of latitude equals 1 NM. At the equator, each degree of longitude (measuring east/west) is also equal to 60NM. However, the longitude lines converge as you move north or south, and the further north or south you go, the closer together they are. You can calculate the change, which is proportional to the cosine of your latitude. So at the equator, one minute of latitude equals one mile, while at latitude 45 degrees north or south, one minute of longitude equals 0.707 NM. A hundred yards south of the north pole, each step east or west is a half degrees of longitude!
Why longitude lines are also called median?
meridians are imaginary lines that are not parallel to each other.
