Pinpointing your place is extremely easy on the world map if you exactly know the latitude and longitude geographical coordinates of your city, state or country. With the help of these virtual lines, ...

The latitude and longitude lines are used for pin pointing the exact location of any place onto the globe or earth map. The latitude and longitude lines jointly works as coordinates on the earth or in ...

Want to understand why it is that having a precise timepiece (also known as a chronometer) helps you determine your longitude? Play this Shockwave game, get lost on the high seas, and find out.

To do that, I’ll use what’s called latitude and longitude.Lines of latitude run around the Earth like imaginary hoops and have numbers to show how many degrees north or south they are from the ...