So it’s 33.339060 N, 118.329871 W. Turns out that 33°20’20.6″N 118°19’47.5″W also identifies that spot in Avalon on Catalina, if you prefer degrees/minutes/seconds notation.

The historian and cartography Bill Rankin, who maintains the blog Radical Cartography, created the fascinating histograms above, which show the world’s population distributed by longitude and ...

In the geographical coordinating grid system, the latitude of Kolkata is 22°34′11″N while the longitude of Kolkata is 88°22′11″E. This can also be presented into Decimal numbers like 22.3411°N and ...

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.

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

This attempt at creating a faithful world map took a similar tack to the Sinusoidal by pulling out the edges of the map to mimic a sphere. The Robinson isn’t as extreme, however, taking the form of a ...

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 ...

Explore the Sunderland Collection’s stunning maps and atlases, spanning European mapmakers from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas ...