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Latitude and Longitude
Latitude and Longitude
Latitude lines run east/west but they measure north or south of the equator (0) splitting the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
Latitude
North Pole
90
Lines of latitude are numbered from 0 at the equator to 90 N.L. at the North Pole.
80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
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90
South Pole
Lines of latitude are numbered from 0 at the equator to 90 S.L. at the South Pole.
Latitude
The North Pole is at 90 N
The equator is at 0 latitude. It is neither north nor south. It is at the center between north and south.
Longitude
Lines of longitude begin at the Prime eridian. !0 " is the !0 line of longitude west of the Prime W eridian. !0 # is the !0 line of longitude east of the E Prime eridian.
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Longitude
East Longitude
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West Longitude
North Pole
PRIME MERIDIAN
Lines of longitude are numbered east from the !rime "eridian to the %&0 line and west from the !rime "eridian to the %&0 line.
!rime "eridian
he !rime "eridian (0) and the %&0 line split the earth into the 'estern Hemisphere and (astern Hemisphere.
Prime eridian
"estern &emis'here
#astern &emis'here
!la#es lo#ated east of the !rime "eridian ha)e an east longitude (() address. !la#es lo#ated west of the !rime "eridian ha)e a west longitude (') address.
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S North +meri#a is in the Northern Hemisphere be#ause it is north of the (quator. North +meri#a is in the 'estern Hemisphere be#ause it is west of the !rime "eridian.
2ra#tions of a -egree
3 3 3 % degree 4 50 minutes or % minute is %/50th of a degree 6se minutes if lo#ation is not dire#tly on the latitude/longitude line 'ritten 77777 -egree/minute 4 88 990 #ompass dire#tion
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3 he world rotates (spins) :50 in ;< hours. :50 / ;< hours 4 %= per hour 3 he world has ;< time >ones/ ea#h l= apart.
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Time is forward to all 'laces to the east
3 "#ST L#SS
Time is bac3ward to all 'laces to the west
If it 9 '.m. at Position ,7 what time is it at 'osition /8 Position 98 If it is $ '.m. at Position :7 at which location is the time 2
(arth rotates west to east Solar time is based on the position of the sun N$?H $S 2+LL$N? ,N (+* H
Loo3 at the #ast /oast of the +nited States. The lights are alread; lit. /alifornia the sun is still <isible.
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Thun*er &ay Toronto Ottawa
"u#$ec Montr#al Those light are &oston' New (or)' Phila*elphia an* +ashington. Puerto Rico
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Port au Prince
NIGHT IS FALLING ON EARTH. Look at Paris and Barcelona, the lights are alread lit, !ean"hile in London, Lis#on and $adrid the s%n is still &isi#le. Looking so%th, "e can see the islands in the !iddle o' the ocean. (e ha&e a )er'ect &ie" o' the British Islands, Iceland and *anada.
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(ngland
Atlantic Ocean
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