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Longitude measures the angle east or west of the Prime Meridian. It's not a measure of distance.

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What measures distance east to west of prime meridian?

longitude


What does longitude on a map measures?

The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.


Which lines measure distance of the prime meridian?

Longitude measures the distance east and west of the prime meridian.


Measures distance east and west from prime meridian?

longitude lines are east and westlatitude are north and south


What does latitude and longitude measure?

Location of a point on the surface of the earth.


Which is the Latitude and which the Longitude?

The one that measures the angle from the equator and is tagged 'north' or 'south' is the latitude. The one that measures the angle from the Prime Meridian and is tagged 'east' or 'west' is the longitude.


Is latitude from east to west?

Lines of latitude run from east to west and measure the degrees north or south of the equator.


Which of these measures distances east or west on a map?

Longitude measures distances east or west on a map.


Distance from east and west prime meridian is called?

The distance from the prime meridian is usually measured in degrees of longitude. The distance east or west of the prime meridian is referred to as "longitude."


Measures difference east and west from the prime meridian?

Longitude


Does longitude measure the time?

Longitude measures the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.


What is the difference between a latitude-longitude map and a military grid reference system map?

Latitude measures the distance from East to West. Longitude measures the distance from North to South. As for Military Grid, it shows a location/object on the map and, what Latitude and Longitude line that location/object is on.