How to read Latitude and Longitude Coordinates

How to read Latitude and Longitude Coordinates

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Latitude and longitude is a coordinate system that is used for locating any place on the globe. Learning about latitude and longitude is is a very important geography mapping skills, as it underpins the GPS system.
Key terms covered include the Equator, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic & Antarctic Circles, the Prime Meridian (Greenwich), the antipodal meridian, the northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, the western hemisphere and the eastern hemisphere.,
Globe images of the Earth are adapted from NASA World Wind.

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