For a better understanding of the geographical phenomena one must understand the differences between Longitude and Latitude. The lines of Longitude are the long lines on the globe or map that ...

A series of lines crisscrosses the world's maps and globes. The 180 horizontal latitude lines, and 360 vertical lines that mark east and west longitude, are vital to navigators. But to everybody else ...

Once called the Prime Meridian of the World, the invisible line running north to south that divides the world into Eastern and Western hemispheres passed through the Airy Transit Circle — a ...