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the distance between latitudes is constant at all places on the globe but distances between longitudes shrinks the further you move away from the equators toward the poles.

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Which was more difficult to determine latitude or longitude and why?

Longitude was historically more difficult to determine than latitude because longitude is determined by measuring time differences between a reference point (such as Greenwich, England) and the observer's location, which required accurate timekeeping devices. Latitude, on the other hand, can be determined by measuring the angle of the North Star or the sun relative to the horizon.


What advantages do latitude and longitude have over alpha numeric grid references?

Latitude and longitude provide a universal system for locating points on the Earth's surface, allowing for global consistency and easier communication of location information. Alpha numeric grid references are often more local or specific to a certain map or region, making them less universal and harder to translate between different systems. Additionally, latitude and longitude provide continuous coordinates, allowing for precise pinpointing of locations, whereas alpha numeric grid references are more discrete and limited in their accuracy.


What country borders China with the latitude and longitude of China?

Every place has its own unique latitude and longitude, so other than China, no other place can have the same latitude and longitude as itself.


Why is determining latitude easier than longitude?

Longitude proved more difficult to determine because longitude was based in the concept of time, making clocks an important variable in navigation. The time and distance in addition to the use of the sextant for latitude proved more difficult than measuring the latitude.


Are latitude and longitude real lines that cross the Earth?

No, no more than border lines between states or naions.

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Which states contain longitude and latitude?

Every point on the surface of the earth has latitude and longitude. If the latitude and longitude of a point are given and they're sufficiently accurate, the point can be found within less than an inch, anywhere on earth.


Which was more difficult to determine latitude or longitude and why?

Longitude was historically more difficult to determine than latitude because longitude is determined by measuring time differences between a reference point (such as Greenwich, England) and the observer's location, which required accurate timekeeping devices. Latitude, on the other hand, can be determined by measuring the angle of the North Star or the sun relative to the horizon.


What is the latitude and longitude of the tropical rain forest?

There are manytropical rainforests, and they each take up more than one latitude and longitude.


What is the size of Antarctica continent in latitude and longitude?

Including its coastal islands, Antarctica occupies a range of more than 50° degrees of latitude, and all 360° of longitude.


Real color of latitude longitude?

Latitude and longitude are angles that describe the location of places on Earth. They don't have colour, any more than your height, weight, or age, or the address of your home, have colour.


What advantages do latitude and longitude have over alpha numeric grid references?

Latitude and longitude provide a universal system for locating points on the Earth's surface, allowing for global consistency and easier communication of location information. Alpha numeric grid references are often more local or specific to a certain map or region, making them less universal and harder to translate between different systems. Additionally, latitude and longitude provide continuous coordinates, allowing for precise pinpointing of locations, whereas alpha numeric grid references are more discrete and limited in their accuracy.


What country borders China with the latitude and longitude of China?

Every place has its own unique latitude and longitude, so other than China, no other place can have the same latitude and longitude as itself.


Why is determining latitude easier than longitude?

Longitude proved more difficult to determine because longitude was based in the concept of time, making clocks an important variable in navigation. The time and distance in addition to the use of the sextant for latitude proved more difficult than measuring the latitude.


Are latitude and longitude real lines that cross the Earth?

No, no more than border lines between states or naions.


What location does NOT use latitude and longitude?

The sky. Astronomers use right ascension and declination as coordinates for locating stars, rather than latitude and longitude.


Is 60 through south America alin of latitude or longitude?

The meridian of 60° west longitude traverses more than 3,200 miles of land in South America, whereas neither parallel of 60° latitude touches that continent.


Latitude and longitude of arctic ocean?

It must, by definition, cover all lines of Longitude. In terms of Latitude it is further north than, say, 60 degrees.