Question
What numbers do lines of latitude and longitude start and end with?
Answers
Ms. Sue
Latitude goes from 0 to 90
Longitude goes from 0 to 180.
http://geographyworldonline.com/tutorial/latitudelongitude.jpg
Longitude goes from 0 to 180.
http://geographyworldonline.com/tutorial/latitudelongitude.jpg
Kyralle
On a flat map?
Ms. Sue
Yes.
The link I posted shows two flat maps of the globe.
The link I posted shows two flat maps of the globe.
Kyralle
How come on some pictures, the latitude and longitude numbers vary?
Ms. Sue
They vary because you're not looking at the whole globe.
http://adventuresinfamilyland.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/map-of-western-hemisphere.jpg?w=596
http://adventuresinfamilyland.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/map-of-western-hemisphere.jpg?w=596