To pinpoint your position on a map of the world you need to work out your co-ordinates, known as latitude and longitude. Latitude is your position north or south of the Equator. Lines, or ...

A series of lines crisscrosses the world's maps and globes. The 180 horizontal latitude lines, and 360 vertical lines that mark east and west longitude, are vital to navigators.

Google Maps accepts latitude and longitude in any of the three common formats; use whichever one is most convenient: Degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS): 34° 7' 8.904'' N 118° 18' 1.296'' W ...

Longitude is then a measure east or west of Greenwich and the meridian furthest from Greenwich is the International Date Line, exactly 180 degrees east or west.

The globe shows the lines of latitude and the degrees of north and south. The line labelled 0° longitude is called the Prime Meridian or the Greenwich Meridian and runs through London.

The same goes for latitude and longitude lines on maps and globes. The public generally accepts the various delineations on maps as being somewhat accurate with an unwritten level of trust in those ...

High resolution historical imagery density Latitude 0°-15° Longitude 0°-20°. As you can see above, there is a curious pattern of vertical and horizontal lines.

The thing you must realize -- that most people don't realize -- is that this map isn't accurate. In the interest of keeping lines of latitude and longitude perpendicular (which they are) on this ...