The center of the intersection of Fresno St and 'R' St,
near the hospital, is located at
36.7417° north latitude
119.7842° west longitude.
Those are the latitude/longitude coordinates of that point.
Other points around town have different coordinates.
For example, the southeast end of Runway-29R at Fresno's
Yosemite International Airport is located at
36.7694° north latitude
119.7045° west longitude.
There is no official set of 'lines' from which you have to pick out one that
you hope is somewhere near the place you're interested in.
You would not ask somebody "What line on the ruler is your height nearest ?"
You would ask him "How tall are you ?"
Zero degrees latitude: Equator Zero degrees longitude: Prime Meridian
The central latitudinal line is the Equator, which is located at 0 degrees latitude and divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The central longitudinal line is the Prime Meridian, situated at 0 degrees longitude, which divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Together, these lines serve as reference points for geographic coordinate systems.
As the Mayan pyramids are in the Southern Hemisphere, not even close!
Longitudinal line 85, 86, 87, and 88 all cross Kentucky.
The Prime Meridian is a Longitudinal line. That is, it runs North and South between the poles. Latitudinal lines run parallel to the equator and measure distance North or South of the equator. They run East and West, perpendicular to longitudinal lines. The Prime Meridian is at all latitudes.
distance from east to west
fifty seventh
prime meridian.
line of longitude. Or a longitudinal line.
prime meridian
a sand dune that goes on in a long line
Fresno means ash tree in Spanish. It was named for the many ash trees that line the San Joaquin river.