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they are measured in degrees
Jonathon Witting
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∙ 11y agoLongitude is an angle, and is expressed in angle units. Some meridians are often
drawn on maps to show the location of a few selected longitudes, but there's no
need to measure those lines.
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∙ 12y ago"Declination" may refer to one of the two celestial location coordinates,
analogous to terrestrial latitude, or to the error in the reading of a magnetic
compass. Both of these quantities are angles, and are described in angle units.
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∙ 6y agoUsually degrees. However latitude can potentially be measured in any unit that angles are measured in (e.g. radians, grads, binary degrees, minutes, seconds, turns, quadrants).
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What are latitude and longitude measured in?
they are measured in degrees
What is longitude measured from?
The longitude of any point on Earth is the angle measured east or west to it ... whichever is shorter ... from the Prime Meridian.
What is longitude measured in?
Celcious
How is longitude and latitude measured?
Longitude and latitude are measured in terms of degrees, minutes and seconds. Longitude has 360 degrees, while latitude 180 degrees of latitude.
Lines of longitude are measured north and south of the equator?
No, that's latitude. Longitude is measured east or west of the Prime Meridian, which runs through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.
What are latitude and longitude measured in?
they are measured in degrees
What is longitude measured from?
The longitude of any point on Earth is the angle measured east or west to it ... whichever is shorter ... from the Prime Meridian.
Latitude and longitude are measured by what?
degrees
What is longitude measured in?
Celcious
Longitude and latitude are usually measured in?
degrees
How mesure the degree of longitude?
we can measured the longitude by north pole and south pole by equator
How is longitude mesaured?
Longitude is measured up & down from the Prime Greenwich Meridian (Greenwich).
How is longitude and latitude measured?
Longitude and latitude are measured in terms of degrees, minutes and seconds. Longitude has 360 degrees, while latitude 180 degrees of latitude.
What direction is longitude measured in?
Degrees North and South.
Lines of longitude are measured north and south of the equator?
No, that's latitude. Longitude is measured east or west of the Prime Meridian, which runs through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.
Is Latitude measured by the distance north or south of the equator?
yes longitude is measured from side to side on earth
Are Longitude and latitude measured in degrees minutes and seconds?
Yes they are.
