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The answer is much simpler if we don't get hung up on the "lines".
-- The longitude of a place is an angle measured east or west of the zero-reference
longitude.
-- The latitude of a place is an angle measured north or south of the zero-reference
latitude.
-- All of the points on Earth that have the same one single longitude blend together
to form a line that connects the Earth's north and south poles.
-- All of the points on Earth that have the same one single latitude blend together
to form a line that circles the Earth east and west.
(Compare:
-- All of the points on the wall that have the same vertical distance from the floor
blend together to form a horizontal line.
-- All of the points on the wall that have the same horizontal distance from the corner
blend together to form a vertical line.
Why is this so hard to understand and discuss ?)
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Is there a poem to help remember longitude and Latitude lines?
Lines of latitude Have flatitude. Longitudinal lines Rise like porcupines.
Does latitude run north to south or east to west?
latitude runs East to west. Longitude runs north to south. In other words, the lines of latitude are measured in degrees north and south of the equator and lines of longitude are measured in degrees east and west of the prime meridian.
Is the distance east or west from a given point on earth as measured pole to pole it is noted by?
The distance east or west from a given point on Earth as measured pole to pole is noted by the longitude. Longitude lines run north and south and are measured as angles east or west from the prime meridian, which is located in Greenwich, England.
Distance east or west of the prime meridian is measured in degrees of?
Distance East or West of the prime meridian is measured in degrees of longitude.
Longitude lines measure east to west from the?
'Longitude' is the angle measured east or west from the Prime Meridian to the location of interest. Some lines may or may not be printed on some maps or globes to mark the position of some longitudes.
Distance east and west from the prime meridian?
The distance east or west from the Prime Meridian is measured in degrees, with 360 degrees in a full circle representing the Earth's circumference. The Prime Meridian itself is set at 0 degrees longitude, so any location east of it will have a positive longitude value, while any location west of it will have a negative longitude value.
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 is longitude passes through equator?
Lines of Latitude run east and west (aka the Equator which is zero degrees latitude) and are measured north and south of the equator. Lines of longitude run north and south and are measured east and west from the Prime Meridian in Greenwhich, England.
What is the distance west or east of the prime meridian is what?
Longitude is measured in degrees east or west.
What direction is longitude measured in?
Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian, which is the starting point for the Earth's longitudinal coordinate system. Longitude lines run north-south and indicate positions to the east or west of the Prime Meridian, which passes through Greenwich, England.
What lines measures distance east and west of the prime meridian?
Longitude lines. They are also called meridians.
Is latitude from east to west?
Lines of latitude run from east to west and measure the degrees north or south of the equator.
