Finally an agreement was reached to use Greenwich, England, as 0 degrees of longitude. this meridian has been termed as the Prime Meridian. Longitude values denotes angular distance between the Prime ...

It describes how latitude is measured in degrees north or south of the equator and how longitude is measured east or west of the Prime Meridian. The video illustrates the division of the Earth ...

A line marks the 'Prime Meridian of the World' at Longitude 0 degrees at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich on March 26, 2012, in London. Oli Scarff/Getty Images The 1884 International Meridian ...

The prime meridian is at 0 degrees longitude, extending east and west. Under this system, an exact location on the earth's surface can be expressed as a set of numbers. The latitude and longitude ...

The latitude and longitude lines jointly works as coordinates on the earth or in the map. The distance between the equator and prime meridian along with direction indicates the location of any place ...