If you were reading an old pirate treasure map, you’d see the older notation of degrees, minutes, seconds, as in 41°24’12.2″ N 2°10’26.5″ E. But how do you map it?

The globe shows the lines of latitude and the degrees of north and south. The line labelled 0° longitude is called the Prime Meridian or the Greenwich Meridian and runs through London.

For longitude, you will have to subtract the longitude of your current location from 180°. In the case of New York City again, you would subtract 74.0059° W from 180°, leaving you with 105.9941°E.

At the equator, one degree of longitude and latitude both cover about 111 kilometers, or just under 70 miles. When we get away from the equator, this starts getting tricky. Longitude lines.

A team of scientists is about to recalculate the nation's latitude and longitude coordinates, which are currently out by more than 1.5 metres. It will improve the accuracy of all spatial ...

Discover what longitude and latitude are and understand what the different hemispheres are. Learn how to locate different places in the world.