LATITUDE and LONGITUDE

Latitude: The imaginary line running round the center of the earth is called the equator: To depict this circle is drawn, midway between the North and South Poles. More circles are drawn, parallel to this circle depicting the equator, called the parallels of latitude. The latitude of any place on the globe is its distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees, form 0^o at the Equator to 90^o N at the North Pole and 90^o at the South Pole. Places near the Equator are said to be in the ‘low latitudes’, while as one goes closer to the poles, one enters the ‘high altitudes’.

LONGITUDE: Lines drawn on the globe from the North to the South Pole are called meridians of longitude. Like latitude, longitude is measured in degrees. The meridian passing through Greenwich, UK, has been recognized as the Prime Meridian or 0⁰ . The longitude is measured to the east or west of Greenwich. The further you move from the Prime Meridian, the higher the longitude becomes, until 180⁰ longitude (both E and W). Any place on the globe can be located with its latitude and longitude.