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Latitude and longitude are angles. There is no smallest unit.
If you move one inch north of where you are right now, you've changed
your latitude about 0.00000023 degree, or about 0.000004 milliradian.
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∙ 15y agoThe Second. A Second is 1/60th of a Minute, 1/3600th of a Degree. One second of longitude represents roughly 31 meters (102 feet) at the Equator.
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What is the unit of latitude and longitude?
degree
Is the equator the smallest longitude?
No, it's the longest latitude.
How is longitude and latitude measured?
Longitude and latitude are measured in terms of degrees, minutes and seconds. Longitude has 360 degrees, while latitude 180 degrees of latitude.
What are longitude and latitude meassured by?
Latitude and longitude are angles, so any unit of angle measure works.The one most commonly used is degrees and subdivisions of degrees.
How are latitude and the longitude measured the unit?
Latitude and longitude are angles, and can be expressed in any angle unit. The 'degree' and its sub-divisions have always been the most popular.
What is the unit of latitude and longitude?
degree
Is the equator the smallest longitude?
No, it's the longest latitude.
What is the unit of measure in which latitude and longitude is expressed?
Latitude and longitude are angles, and can be expressed in any unit of angle measure. Degrees are quite popular.
How is longitude and latitude measured?
Longitude and latitude are measured in terms of degrees, minutes and seconds. Longitude has 360 degrees, while latitude 180 degrees of latitude.
What are the parts of the map?
latitude,longitude,unit,continents,and ocean
What is a unit of longitude and latitude?
30○N and 40○S
What unit of measure is used to determine longitude or latitude?
Degrees.
Unit of measure used to determine absolute location?
The unit of measure used to determine absolute location is degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude. The Earth has 360 degrees at the equator.
What is the definition of degrees on a map?
Degree: unit of measurement of latitude and longitude.
What are longitude and latitude meassured by?
Latitude and longitude are angles, so any unit of angle measure works.The one most commonly used is degrees and subdivisions of degrees.
What Measures distance north and south from the eqautor?
What unit of longitude and latitude measerment
What are degrees in geography?
it is a unit of measurement that is created by the division of lines of latitude and longitude
