Latitude and Longitude
The equator is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface that is approximately equidistant from the two poles. A parallel is an imaginary east-west line that circles the globe. A meridian is an imaginary arc on the Earth's surface from the North Pole to the South Pole. The Greenwich Meridian is the meridian which passes through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, East London. The latitude is an angular measurement in degrees between a parallel and the equator. The longitude is an angular measurement in degrees between a meridian and the Greenwich Meridian. |