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Latitude and longitude are angles. So any unit of angle will work.
Examples include radians, grads, degrees, etc.
Mostly on account of seafaring tradition and the history of navigation, these
coordinates are still almost always listed and stated in degrees (and fractions
of degrees, like decimals, or minutes and seconds).
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∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoLatitude and longitude are angles. As such, any angle unit may be used in principle,
but these particular angles are virtually always stated in terms of degrees, along with
either the classical subdivisions of degrees ... minutes and seconds ... or else common
decimal fractions of degrees.
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What are degrees in geography?
it is a unit of measurement that is created by the division of lines of latitude and longitude
What is the longitude and latitude of belfast northern Ireland?
Latitude : 54 degrees Longitude : 6 degrees Thank You
What are the imaginary lines that measure distance on maps and globes?
east and west
Latitude and longitude is measured in what?
latitude is degrees north or south of the equator and Longitude is degrees east or west of Greenwich
What is the Longitude and Latitude of Milwaukee Wisconsin U.S.A?
The approx. latitude is 43 degrees north, and the approx. longitude is 88 degrees west. The exact latitude is 43.04 degrees north, and the exact longitude is 87.95 degrees west.
What is the definition of degrees on a map?
Degree: unit of measurement of latitude and longitude.
What are degrees in geography?
it is a unit of measurement that is created by the division of lines of latitude and longitude
What unit of latitude and longitude measurement?
What is all placeson earth east and west from the prime meridian
What is the measurement used for latitude and longitude?
Degrees.
What is the unit of latitude and longitude?
degree
What is one measurement on a map called?
latitude or longitude...
What is the unit of measurement used for reading lines of longitude and latitude?
You would use angular degrees or angular degrees plus minutes and seconds.
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.
What unit do geographers use to measure map locations?
The unit of measurement that is used to determine absolute location in geography is the latitude and longitude system. This form of measurement uses degrees and minutes to measure the specific location of places.
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.
Unit of longtitude and latitude measurement?
Latitude and longitude are measurements of angles. Their units are the familiar units of angle measure ... either whole numbers or fractions of degrees, minutes, and seconds.
What units of measurement are used to designate Latitude and Longitude?
Longitude and latitude are angles, so they can be described in any angle unit such as radians, degrees, grads, etc. Degrees and subdivisions of degrees are the most common.
