No. It's strictly a system for locating and describing points on the surface of the Earth.
Nothing about the latitude/longitude system is defined in terms of anything in the sky.
All that's needed in order to lay out the whole system is the Earth's poles and the Royal
Observatory at Greenwich.
Earth's reference system is based on latitude and longitude, with the equator serving as the reference for latitude and the Prime Meridian as the reference for longitude. This system allows for precise location determination on Earth's surface using coordinates.
Latitude and longitude are written in degrees to measure angles. The Earth is divided into 360 degrees of longitude and 180 degrees of latitude, with 0 degrees at the equator and the Prime Meridian, respectively. This system allows for precise and universal location coordinates across the globe.
Meridians of constant longitude cross parallels of constant latitude. Parallels of constant latitude cross meridians of constant longitude. At each intersection of a meridian and a parallel, the lines are perpendicular (form 90° angles).
GPS receivers do not 'use' elevation for anything. They use the signals from several satellites simultaneously to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation of the receiver's location. It takes a minimum of three satellites to calculate the latitude and longitude, a minimum of four satellites to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation, if more satellites can be found the latitude, longitude, and elevation calculations can be refined more accurately.
If you mean Alice Springs in Northern Territory, it varies from system to system but is around Latitude -23*42'0" Longitude 133*52'59" hope that helps ^^
Lines of latitude and the lines of longitude.
No. Latitude and longitude are angles, and angles have no physical units. So the numbers are the same regardless of what system of units you like.
Lines of latitude and the lines of longitude.
Longitude and Latitude
Earth's reference system is based on latitude and longitude, with the equator serving as the reference for latitude and the Prime Meridian as the reference for longitude. This system allows for precise location determination on Earth's surface using coordinates.
On a graph, 'x' and 'y' are marked and measured in length or distance units. Latitude and longitude are marked and measured in angles.
Latitude and longitude are written in degrees to measure angles. The Earth is divided into 360 degrees of longitude and 180 degrees of latitude, with 0 degrees at the equator and the Prime Meridian, respectively. This system allows for precise and universal location coordinates across the globe.
Global Positioning System
The imaginary lines that form the earths grid system are called latitude and longitude lines. Latitude lines go horizontally from east to west, where longitude lines go vertical from north to south.
Latitude and longitude
Meridians of constant longitude cross parallels of constant latitude. Parallels of constant latitude cross meridians of constant longitude. At each intersection of a meridian and a parallel, the lines are perpendicular (form 90° angles).
GPS receivers do not 'use' elevation for anything. They use the signals from several satellites simultaneously to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation of the receiver's location. It takes a minimum of three satellites to calculate the latitude and longitude, a minimum of four satellites to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation, if more satellites can be found the latitude, longitude, and elevation calculations can be refined more accurately.