Subject: General Knowledge and IQ
longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface.Latitude (shown as a horizontal line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are often referred to as parallels.the units to measure longitude are Degree, Minute and Second.
Longitude (shown as a vertical line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds, of a point east or west of the Prime Meridian. Lines of longitude are often referred to as meridians. Latitude is used together with longitude to specify the precise location of features on the surface of the Earth.
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