GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE SYSTEM – a universally used system

using latitude and longitude for locating points and indicating locations’
on Earth’s surface

LATITUDE is an angle which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90°

(North or South) at the poles. Lines of constant latitude, or parallels,
run east–west as circles parallel to the equator.
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE SYSTEM – a universally used system
using latitude and longitude for locating points and indicating locations’
on Earth’s surface

HOW to USE the LATITUDE

The equator is the starting point for measuring latitude (as 0°
[degrees] latitude). The number of latitude degrees will be larger
the further away from the equator the place is located, all the way
up to 90 degrees latitude at the poles.

EQUIVALENT:
One degree of latitude =
60 nautical miles, 69 statute miles or 111 km.

One minute of latitude =

1 nautical mile, 1.15 statute miles, or 1.85 km.

Latitude locations are given as __° (degrees) North or __°

(degrees) South.
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE SYSTEM – a universally used system
using latitude and longitude for locating points and indicating locations’
on Earth’s surface

LONGITUDE is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian.

Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically
(up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. These lines are known
as MERIDIANS.
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE SYSTEM – a universally used system
using latitude and longitude for locating points and indicating locations’
on Earth’s surface

HOW to USE the LONGITUDE

To measure longitude east or west of the Prime Meridian,
there are 180 vertical longitude lines east of the Prime
Meridian and 180 vertical longitude lines west of the Prime
Meridian, so longitude locations are given as __°
(degrees) east or __° (degrees) west.

The 180° (degree) line is a single vertical line called the

International Date Line, and it is directly opposite of
the Prime Meridian.
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE SYSTEM – a universally used system
using latitude and longitude for locating points and indicating locations’
on Earth’s surface
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE SYSTEM – a universally used system
using latitude and longitude for locating points and indicating locations’
on Earth’s surface