The core of what makes Google Earth possible is the Latitude/Longitude system on Earth. Latitude and Longitude make it possible to reference a precise point on earth by simply showing a pair of ...

For those of us with no real navigation experience, encountering longitude and latitude coordinates is usually the result of some hiccup using Google Maps. 40.722272, -73.994194? What? Where the heck ...

I’ve been asked to deliver this parcel to my cousin but he lives on an island and doesn’t have an address to send things to, like you or me. It’s not a problem though, because I know a good way to ...

IN this concise little book the art of navigation is treated from an elementary standpoint. Commencing by explaining the meaning of a few mathematical expressions, including triangles, the author goes ...

To pinpoint your position on a map of the world you need to work out your co-ordinates, known as latitude and longitude. Latitude is your position north or south of the Equator. Lines, or parallels, ...

We use imaginary lines to help locate where a place is in the world. the Arctic Circle (the North Pole) the Antarctic Circle (the South Pole) the Tropic of Cancer the Tropic of Capricorn and the ...