Google Maps accepts latitude and longitude in any of the three common formats; use whichever one is most convenient: Degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS): 34° 7' 8.904'' N 118° 18' 1.296'' W ...

To help locate where a place is in the world, people use imaginary lines called latitude and longitude. Find out more with this year 3/4 BBC Bitesize geography guide.

The North Pole is assigned the latitude 90° north and the South Pole latitude 90° south. Lines of longitude, or meridians, are drawn a little differently.

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.

Longitudinal Lines: Like latitude lines, a total of 180 vertical angular lines also divide the Earth running from pole to pole perpendicular to latitude lines. These imaginary longitudinal lines ...

Today, latitude and longitude are both determined electronically through GPS — a worldwide system of navigation with a constellation of 24 satellites and their ground stations.