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No. It's about 69 miles along the equator, and tapers uniformly toward the poles,
where all of the meridians of longitude converge in a single point.
Kathleen Cruickshank
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∙ 12y agoYes it is. But the projection of the earths surface on a map, for example
Mercators Projection, makes the distances further from the Equator larger
and the distances in the Tropics appear shorter. But in actual fact, because
the earth is basically spherical, the distances between the lines of Latitude
and Longitude throughout the world are equidistant.
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Don't you believe it!
That's true for latitude ... one degree of latitude amounts to about 111 km everywhere ...
but it most decidedly is NOT true of longitude.
All longitudes converge at the north and south poles. So any two longitudes you choose
must get closer and closer together as you get farther from the equator.
One degree of longitude spans that same 111 km at the equator, but by the time it gets
to either pole, that same degree has shrunk to zero. In general, the distance covered by
one degree of longitude is
(111 km) times (the cosine of your latitude) .
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∙ 14y agoNo. At the equator each degree of longitude is about 70 miles apart. As you go north or south towards the poles, they get closer and closer until they meet at the poles.
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The length of a degree of longitude is the same at any latitude true or false?
False.
How many feet are in one degree of latitude at 43 degrees longitude?
Every degree of latitude is the same size, regardless of its longitude. That size is about 69.11 miles, or 364,900 feet.
Why is the distance on a map showing 1 degree of longitude smaller than 1 degree of latitude yet both represent the same angle?
The lines of latitude represent degrees of arc being 111 kilometers per degree on the Earths surface. (111111.111 meters). That is how the meter was defined. Lines of longutude have this size on the equator but the lines converge at the poles where the distance between them becomes zero. So on maps, you will see that the distance of lines of latitude are always the same but those of longitude are smaller as distance increases away fro the equator.
Difference between latitude and longitude?
The difference between latitude and longitude is that latitude refers to a location point's distance that is either north or south of the equator and longitude refers to a specific point's distance that is either east or west of the prime meridian. The prime meridian is the longitude line that has zero degree and passes near London, United Kingdom.
What countries or states have the same latitude and longitude of Sarasota Florida?
Once you have a latitude and a longitude, you've got the location pinned downto a single point on the earth's surface. Other places can have the same latitude,and still other places can have the same longitude, but no other point anywhereon the planet can have the same latitude and the same longitude as the first one.
Is the length of the degree of longitude the same at any latitude?
No.
The length of a degree of longitude is the same at any latitude true or false?
False.
What is the length of daylight at 1 degree?
1 degree longitude or latitude? What day of the year? Middle of winter, 1 degree latitude, no daylight. But middle of summer same place, 24 hours.
How many feet are in one degree of latitude at 43 degrees longitude?
Every degree of latitude is the same size, regardless of its longitude. That size is about 69.11 miles, or 364,900 feet.
Which lines of longitude and latitude vary in length?
-- All meridians of longitude have the same length ... they all join the north and south poles. -- Each parallel of north latitude has the same length as the parallel at the equal south latitude, but no other one.
What is the longest line of longitude?
The longest line of longitude is the prime meridian, which runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. It has a length of 20,014 km (12,430 miles).
What is a fact about longitude?
londirtude is lond and latitude is fat Lines of longitude all run North/South and are all the same length.
How did they know your latitude and longitude?
Your ISP knows its own latitude and longitude. Your latitude and longitude is assumed to be the same as your ISP.
How many meter in a toposheet make one degree?
That would depend if you are looking at degrees of latitude or degrees of longitude. One degree of longitude represents less distance nearer the poles than it does at the equator. One degree of latitude represents the same distance anywhere on earth.
Why is the distance on a map showing 1 degree of longitude smaller than 1 degree of latitude yet both represent the same angle?
The lines of latitude represent degrees of arc being 111 kilometers per degree on the Earths surface. (111111.111 meters). That is how the meter was defined. Lines of longutude have this size on the equator but the lines converge at the poles where the distance between them becomes zero. So on maps, you will see that the distance of lines of latitude are always the same but those of longitude are smaller as distance increases away fro the equator.
What are the longest latitude and longest longitude?
The longest parallel of latitude is the one defined as 'zero degrees', known as the "Equator". All meridians of longitude have the same length ... 1/2 of the earth's polar circumference.
Difference between latitude and longitude?
The difference between latitude and longitude is that latitude refers to a location point's distance that is either north or south of the equator and longitude refers to a specific point's distance that is either east or west of the prime meridian. The prime meridian is the longitude line that has zero degree and passes near London, United Kingdom.
