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Latitude and Longitude determine one's location on Earth. Latitude runs East to West in parallel lines, but determines one's location South or North. Longitude does not run in parallel lines, but meets at the North and South poles, and runs North to South, but it shows the location East or West.

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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.


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


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