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The lines don't make anything in particular, except for a fancy hypnotic pattern
on a map or globe.
Any latitude angle and any longitude angle combine to describe the location of
a single unique point on the surface of the Earth.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoA set of one latitude and one longitude together defines the location of one
point on Earth. Every point on Earth has its own set that's different from all
of the others.
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What do you call the lines that make up the grid on your maps?
Lines of longitude and latitude
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.
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.
When plotting a map which comes first latitude or longitude?
Latitude is north/south of the equator measured in a series of degrees. Longitude is east/west, measured by a system of degrees from a fixed spot. So generaly at in a Latitude Longitude reading it will have a N or E. For example 25 01'59.72" N that would be latitude because of the N (meaning North) But in general I believe yes latitude is read first.
Is longitude measured in degrees?
The lines aren't measured at all, any more than the marks on a ruler need to be.It's the latitude and longitude that need to be measured, and lines are oftenprinted on maps in order to make the job easier. Latitude and Longitude are angles,so they're described in angle units, most commonly in degrees and fractions of degrees.If you see a line on a map, every point on the 'line' has the same latitude or the samelongitude, so there's nothing on the line to measure.
What lines make the earths grid?
Lines of latitude and the lines of longitude.
What do these lines of latitude and longitude make?
a location.
What lines makes up earths grid system?
Lines of latitude and the lines of longitude.
What lines make up the earths''grid'' system?
Lines of latitude and the lines of longitude.
What do you call the lines that make up the grid on your maps?
Lines of longitude and latitude
What types of lines on a map make a grid?
longitude and latitude
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.
The network of lines of latitude and longitude that make up the coordinate system of earth?
grid system
How does a global grid make it possible to find locations?
A place can be located by where the nearest lines of latitude an longitude cross.
Why does horizontal scale of a mercator projection increase with latitude?
The vertical (or latitude) scale increases with latitude, keeping the hoizontal (longitude) constant. This is in order to make the lines of longitude parallel on the chart, instead of, in reality, converging toward the poles. This allows courses to be plotted and drawn on the chart, as straight lines crossing the lines of longitude at the same angle. Known as 'plane sailing'. ie. it is on a plane (flat surface) not a globe.
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.
When plotting a map which comes first latitude or longitude?
Latitude is north/south of the equator measured in a series of degrees. Longitude is east/west, measured by a system of degrees from a fixed spot. So generaly at in a Latitude Longitude reading it will have a N or E. For example 25 01'59.72" N that would be latitude because of the N (meaning North) But in general I believe yes latitude is read first.
