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Latitude and longitude give you way to describe, with whatever level of precision that you need, exactly where any location on the Earth is.

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Why do you have longitude and latitude?

-- tell others where you are, or where something else is -- understand where something or somebody else is located -- know how to get from where you are to where you want to be


What is the latitude and longitude of a seacoast?

It doesn't work that way. You could tell the latitude and longitude of one spot but not seacoast in general.


Is the democratic republic of Congo on latitude or longitude?

Every point on Earth has a latitude and a longitude. Together, they tell you exactly where the point is located.


How are latitude and longitude used for?

they are used to tell what your location on the earth is.


What is my location in longitude and latitude?

Without knowing where you are, we can't tell you that.


Does an octopus live on latitude or longitude lines?

Every point on earth has both a latitude coordinate and a longitude coordinate. That's how you tell people where the point is, even if they're not there.


What is another word for longitude?

If you use longitude and latitude you can find a location easily on the globe.


If A pair of numbers which tell a location on a map what is it called?

latitude and longitude Co-ordinates


What does longitude and latitude lines help us do?

Latitude and longitude are angles used to describe the location of any point on Earth. They are the 'address' of the point.


Why are longitude and longitude are on the map?

For the same reason there are numbers on the front doors of houses. The system of latitude and longitude angles gives every point on Earth an 'address' of two numbers. They tell exactly where the spot is, and make it possible to find that exact spot, even if there's nothing there, and nothing but water for a thousand miles around it in every direction.


What place did Jacob tell Bella that Edward and his family were vampires?

Easy. La push, washington. First beach. By a driftwood tree at 37 longitude, 86 latitude ( just kidding about the longitude and latitude. )


How can you tell the difference between latitude lines and longitude lines?

Latitude lines run parallel to the equator and measure a location's distance north or south of the equator, while longitude lines run perpendicular to the equator and measure a location's distance east or west of the prime meridian. Latitude lines are represented by horizontal lines on maps, while longitude lines are represented by vertical lines.