LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

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LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
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LATITUDE

• Lines run horizontal (E to W)
• Measure Distance N/S of Equator
• Latitude Fatitude
• Latitude Ladder
• 900 Lat. N S
• North Pole 90 N
• South Pole 90 S
• Equator 00

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LATITUDE

• Also called Parallels
• 5 Parallels have names gt What degrees can they
  be found at?
• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Arctic Circle
• Antarctic Circle

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LONGITUDE

• Longitude vertically (N to S)
• Measures distance E W of Prime Meridian
• Longitude Long
• 1800 of Longitude E W
• Prime Meridian is 0
• International Dateline is 180

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LONGITUDE

• Meridians another name for Longitude
• Run from North Pole to South Pole
• Lines intersect _at_ poles
• 2 Meridians have names
• Prime Meridian and International Dateline

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HOW TO USE LAT/LONG

• Identify Letter Lat. (N)
• Identify Letter Long. (W)
• Be in a quadrant
• Find the number of degrees Lat. and place finger
  on map (37N)
• Find of degrees Long. and put finger on map
  (111W)
• Run Fingers together (follow curve)
• Should find location where fingers meet

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PRACTICE!!!

• /- 5 Degrees find the following cities.
• 52N 3E
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 28N 77E
• New Delhi, India
• 12S 77W
• Lima, Peru

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MORE PRACTICE!!!!

• /- 5 Degrees, Find the Lat/Long of these cities.
• Mexico City, Mexico
• 19N 99W
• Rome, Italy
• 41N 12E
• Melbourne, Australia
• 37S 58E