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How are longitude and latitude more helpful than a compass rose?
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∙ 15y ago
The compass you hold in your hand tells which direction you're facing, and if you watch it for a while, you can figure out which direction you're moving. It tells you nothing about where you are, or how to get where you want to go; and it can't help you swap any useful information with the lost sailor you're talking to on the radio.
You need a system to measure, and a language to describe, where on earth things are located, and to exchange those descriptions between your maps, yourself, and other people. The measurement system and the language are latitude and longitude coordinates.
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∙ 14y ago
Cindy Liao
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∙ 14y agoLet me put it this way--Do you have space in your car's glove compartment for a globe? Seriously though, since a globe is a model of the whole earth the only way to get a bigger picture with more details is by making the whole globe bigger. Think of a map as a little slice off the surface of a globe. It may be somewhat distorted by being flattened but it shows the level of detail you need in an efficiently portable manner. Maps can even be transmitted over the internet. The advantage of a globe is that it shows accurate distances. For example, a globe shows that the shortest line from Greenland to Russia goes near the North Pole.
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∙ 15y agoits more helpful because you know that longitude is long ways and latitude is across.
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∙ 11y agobecause they are parallel lines and can point out exact points unlike longitude which are kind of not parallel
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∙ 12y agoit's because you can find the exact posiston of the location you are looking for!
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∙ 10y agoBoth are essential for finding your way.
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How do global positioning systems use elevation points earths system to find latitude and longitude?
GPS receivers do not 'use' elevation for anything. They use the signals from several satellites simultaneously to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation of the receiver's location. It takes a minimum of three satellites to calculate the latitude and longitude, a minimum of four satellites to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation, if more satellites can be found the latitude, longitude, and elevation calculations can be refined more accurately.
How do global positioning systems use elevation point on earth system to find latitude and longitude?
GPS receivers do not 'use' elevation for anything. They use the signals from several satellites simultaneously to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation of the receiver's location. It takes a minimum of three satellites to calculate the latitude and longitude, a minimum of four satellites to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation, if more satellites can be found the latitude, longitude, and elevation calculations can be refined more accurately.
What advantages do latitude and longitude have over alpha numeric grid references?
It is that Longitude and Latitude are more accurate than alpha numetic grid references. :)
Why is determining latitude easier than longitude?
Longitude proved more difficult to determine because longitude was based in the concept of time, making clocks an important variable in navigation. The time and distance in addition to the use of the sextant for latitude proved more difficult than measuring the latitude.
Is longitude measured in degrees?
The lines aren't measured at all, any more than the marks on a ruler need to be.It's the latitude and longitude that need to be measured, and lines are oftenprinted on maps in order to make the job easier. Latitude and Longitude are angles,so they're described in angle units, most commonly in degrees and fractions of degrees.If you see a line on a map, every point on the 'line' has the same latitude or the samelongitude, so there's nothing on the line to measure.
What is more difficult to determine longitude or latitude?
longitude is easy latitude does not give a hint in the word
Why do scientists use latitude and longitude and not kilometres?
longitude and latitude are more scientific words so it makes them seem smarter
What is the latitude and longitude of the tropical rain forest?
There are manytropical rainforests, and they each take up more than one latitude and longitude.
What advantages do latitude and longitude have over alpha numeric grid references?
It is that Longitude and Latitude are more accurate than alpha numetic grid references. :)
How do global positioning systems use elevation on earths system to find latitude and longitude?
GPS receivers do not 'use' elevation for anything. They use the signals from several satellites simultaneously to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation of the receiver's location. It takes a minimum of three satellites to calculate the latitude and longitude, a minimum of four satellites to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation, if more satellites can be found the latitude, longitude, and elevation calculations can be refined more accurately.
How do global positioning systems use elevation point on earth system to find latitude and longitude?
GPS receivers do not 'use' elevation for anything. They use the signals from several satellites simultaneously to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation of the receiver's location. It takes a minimum of three satellites to calculate the latitude and longitude, a minimum of four satellites to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation, if more satellites can be found the latitude, longitude, and elevation calculations can be refined more accurately.
How do global positioning systems use elevation points earths system to find latitude and longitude?
GPS receivers do not 'use' elevation for anything. They use the signals from several satellites simultaneously to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation of the receiver's location. It takes a minimum of three satellites to calculate the latitude and longitude, a minimum of four satellites to calculate the latitude, longitude, and elevation, if more satellites can be found the latitude, longitude, and elevation calculations can be refined more accurately.
What is the latitude and longitude of Bloomington?
There are many Bloomingtons. Can you be more specific?
What is the size of Antarctica continent in latitude and longitude?
Including its coastal islands, Antarctica occupies a range of more than 50° degrees of latitude, and all 360° of longitude.
What is the location of aisa where the lines of latitude and longitude meet?
You'll have to be more specific. Every latitude crosses all longitudes, and every longitude crosses all latitudes.
Which was more difficult to determine latitude or longitude?
Longitude because you needed a chronometer and it hadn't been invented yet.
What is another word for longitude?
If you use longitude and latitude you can find a location easily on the globe.
