How is it possible to find the exact
location of a place on Earth?
Using Latitude and Longitude to Locate Places
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Latitude
70°
80°
90°
80°
60°
70°
60°
50°
50°
40°
40°
30°
30°
20°
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20°
10°
10°
0°
0°
10°
10°
20°
20°
30°
30°
40°
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40°
50°
50°
60°
70°
60°
80°
90°
80°
70°
Other
Important
Lines of
Latitude
Other
Important
Lines of
Latitude
Imagine the
Earth cut
in half...
Longitude
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105°
90°
75°
60°
45° 30° 15° 0°
15°
30°
How do we use this information to locate a place?
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The World
180° 140° 100° 60°W 20° 0° 20° 60°E 100°140° 180°
80°
80°
60°
60°
40N°
40N°
20°
20°
0°
0°
20°
20°
40S°
40S°
60°
60°
80°
80°
180° 140° 100° 60°W 20° 0° 20° 60°E 100°140° 180°
The World Answers
180° 140° 100° 60°W 20° 0° 20° 60°E 100°140° 180°
80°
80°
60°
Edinburgh
60°
40N°
40N°
Madrid
20°
20°
0°
0°
Yamoussoukro
20°
20°
40S°
40S°
Canberra
60°
60°
80°
80°
180° 140° 100° 60°W 20° 0° 20° 60°E 100°140° 180°
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