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Because that is the way that Earth was shaped and measured in degrees of longitude and latitude in a spherical way which makes up 360 degrees. The degree of the line of longitude and latitude is divided into 60 minutes ( ' ) and each minute is divided into 60 seconds ( " ). It can become a pinpoint to a location on a map.

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