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Why is it important to indicate both directions and degrees with latitude and longitude?
This is so as to pinpoint a location. Without the directions, there would be 4 possible locations. For example, 30 degrees and 76 degrees could mean 30 degrees north and 76 degrees east, 30 degrees south and 76 degrees west etc.
Without degrees makes it almost impossible to find a location at all, because there are a total of 180 degrees of latitude and 360 degrees of longitude, which can be split up further into the minutes and even seconds. In the end you would end up with endless possibilities.
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What are the two positions on earth where both latitude and longitude can be written correctly without any directions?
The two positions on Earth where both latitude and longitude can be written without any directions are the equator (0 degrees latitude) and the Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude) in Greenwich, England.
What kind of directions would you give to indicate a place's absolute location?
Three means of locating a place is: Longitude and latitude; Global Positioning System (GPS); Map Grid Reference.
What is the latitude and longitude of. At the nearest degree include the correct units and compass directions in your answer?
To provide the latitude and longitude, please specify the location you are interested in. Without that information, I cannot give you the coordinates.
In which directions do lines of latitude and longitude run?
Latitude lines run east-west, but measure north and south. Longitude lines run north-south, but measure east and west.
Is 23 a longitude or a latitude?
Is 23 a longitude or a latitude
What directions does latitude and longitude measure?
one is longer than the other
Which continent has all four latitude and longitude directions?
Africa is the continent that is crossed by both the Equator (latitude 0°) and the Prime Meridian (longitude 0°). This means that Africa spans all four cardinal directions of latitude and longitude: north, south, east, and west.
How are lines on the globe used to indicate location?
Latitude and Longitude :)
Why are latitude and longitude line important?
The lines of latitude and longitude are important because we need them to describe exactly where a point is on Earth.
What are the two positions on earth where both latitude and longitude can be written correctly without any directions?
The two positions on Earth where both latitude and longitude can be written without any directions are the equator (0 degrees latitude) and the Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude) in Greenwich, England.
What are the 2 directions of longitude and latitude?
Longitude is up and down though it measures east and west. Latitude is side to side even though it measures north and south
What kind of directions would you give to indicate a place's absolute location?
Three means of locating a place is: Longitude and latitude; Global Positioning System (GPS); Map Grid Reference.
Why are lines of longitude and latitude important on a map or globe?
Latitude and Longitude are used to point to exactly where you want to be
How do geographers determine the location place?
The use cardinal and intermediate directions, and longitude and latitude.
What directions do latitude and longitude each measure?
Latitude . . . the angle north or south from the equator to a certain location. Longitude . . . the angle east or west from the Prime Meridian to a certain location.
What are the most important lines of longitude and latitude?
The most important lines of longitude and latitude are the equator, the prime meridian, tropic of Cancer, tropic of Capricorn and the international dateline.
Why is it important to know north or south for latitude and east or west for longitude when using latitude and longitude to locate a place on a map?
You might mix the directions up and end up somewhere far away from your original destination because you might be walking in the opposite direction!
