What are south and north latitudes?

Answer 1

There isn't much difference between the terms when the they are applied to maps. When an x-y co-ordinate system is overlaid onto a map with the x axis on the equator, the north latitudes, those lines parallel to the equator and which are drawn around the globe above it, or north of it, can be called northings instead of north latitudes. Got a link posted.

Answer 2

-- The angle between the equator and any location north of the equator

is a north latitude.

-- The angle between the equator and any location south of the equator

is a south latitude.

Answer 3

South latitude measures the position south of the equator, while north latitude measures the position north of the equator. They are measured in degrees, ranging from 0° at the equator to 90° at the poles.

Answer 4

North latitude is north of the Equator, and is the northern hemisphere. South latitude is south of the Equator, and is the Southern Hemisphere.