Latitude measure North to South. This is a much more appropriate answer.
Latitude measures the angle between your horizon and a polar star. Which in turn provides a measurement in degrees north or south of the Equator.
Longitude and latitude are measured in terms of degrees, minutes and seconds. Longitude has 360 degrees, while latitude 180 degrees of latitude.
0 degrees latitude at the equator.
They measure latitude & Longitude.
The lines of latitude are the North and South lines on the globe. They measure the time changes there are in areas.
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