Latitude runs east to west of the earth and longitude lines rubs north to south of the earth.
Lines of latitude and longitude allows any position on the Earth to be plotted.
We use latitude and longitude to precisely describe the location of places on the surface of the Earth.
You find the lines of latitude and longitude and find the place that they intersect, which is your location.
latitude?
lines of latitude
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
Every point on Earth has longitude and latitude.
Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude, and every parallel of latitude is perpendicular to every meridian of longitude.
Latitude.
Latitude and longitude
The lines that intercept latitude lines are lines of longitude.
Lines of Longitude