Who invented the system of latitude and longitude?

Answer 1

Hipparchus (190-120 BC), was perhaps the greatest of the Greek astronomers who devised a method of locating geographical positions by means of latitudes and longitudes. Also Ptolemy (2nd century A.D.) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician who lived and worked in Egypt. He wrote the book Geographie which charts all the places of the world as known to them at that time. His works , which employed a system of latitudes and longitudes , influenced map-makers for hundreds of years . He was a cartographer and he evolved the science of map-making.

Answer 2

Latitude and longitude was first suggested by the Greek astronomer Hipparcus in about 300 B.C.E.

In 225 B.C.E. the astronomer Eratosthenes widespread the use of the grid system.

Source:
http://www.broward.org/library/bienes/lii14010.htm

Answer 3

Hipparchus (190-120 B.C.), was perhaps the greatest of the Greek astronomers who devised a method of locating geographical positions by means of latitudes and longitudes. Also Ptolemy (2nd century A.D.) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician who lived and worked in Egypt. He wrote the book Geographie which charts all the places of the world as known to them at that time. His works , which employed a system of latitudes and longitudes , influenced map-makers for hundreds of years . He was a cartographer and he evolved the science of map-making.

Answer 4

The system of latitude and longitude was developed by the ancient Greeks, specifically by the mathematician and astronomer Hipparchus in the 2nd century BC. He used a grid of lines to pinpoint locations on Earth's surface, laying the foundation for the modern system we use today.

Answer 5

The ancient Greeks, notably Eratosthenes and Hipparchus.

Answer 6

Eratosthenes invented it

Answer 7

Hipparchus, the ancient greek philosopher

Answer 8

Hipparchus a Greek astronomer

Answer 9

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