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The unit of measure used to determine absolute location is degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude. The Earth has 360 degrees at the equator.
Latitude and longitude are angles, and can be expressed in any unit of angle measure. Degrees are quite popular.
The unit of measurement that is used to determine absolute location in geography is the latitude and longitude system. This form of measurement uses degrees and minutes to measure the specific location of places.
Latitude and longitude are angles, so any unit of angle measure works.The one most commonly used is degrees and subdivisions of degrees.
Latitude is measured as the angle between the point and the equator, ranging from 0° at the equator to 90° at the poles. Longitude is measured as the angle between the point and the prime meridian, ranging from 0° to 180° east or west. These measurements help pinpoint a specific location on Earth's surface.
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Latitude and longitude are angles. So any unit of angle will work.Examples include radians, grads, degrees, etc.Mostly on account of seafaring tradition and the history of navigation, thesecoordinates are still almost always listed and stated in degrees (and fractionsof degrees, like decimals, or minutes and seconds).
Degrees on a map refer to the units used to measure latitude and longitude. They are used to indicate a specific location on the Earth's surface and help in navigation and understanding the spatial relationships between different places on a map.
Latitude and longitude are angles, so any unit in which angles are measured is a perfectly good unit to describe latitude and longitude. Units of angular measure include radians, grads, degrees, and others. Geographic coordinates are most often, indeed almost universally, expressed in degrees. Also, since a degree of latitude or longitude is quite a significant distance on the Earth's surface, it's necessary to be able to indicate fractions of a degree ... most often done as a decimal part, or with the clunky "minutes/seconds" subdivisions.
Latitude and longitude are angles, and are best expressed in units of angle measurement. Those could include radians, grads, etc., but the most commonly used are degrees, minutes, seconds, and fractions of seconds.