To plot coordinates on maps.
The lines of latitude and longitude are important because we need them to describe exactly where a point is on Earth.
There are quite a few! You need latitude as well as longitude to figure this out.
You need to specify the latitude and longitude of the end points and whether you want minutes of latitude or of longitude.
The Earth rotates at the rate of roughly 15 degrees of longitude per hour.
You need to give a town or specific place .
To pinpoint the exact location of any place on the planet.
you need to know so that you know where a place is or where your going
360° of longitude divided by 24 time zones gives 15° per time zone (average)
The Earth rotates at the rate of roughly 15 degrees of longitude per hour.
Latitude and longitude give you way to describe, with whatever level of precision that you need, exactly where any location on the Earth is.
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Every "line" of constant longitude joins the north and south poles, so the lines "run" north and south. Longitude numbers range from zero to 180 degrees east and from zero 180 degrees west. So all together, there are 360 degrees of longitude, which is exactly what you need if you want to use longitude to measure any place all around the Earth.