When we travel over desert, sky, or seas, we need two things, first one is direction and second one to fix our position. During ancient times, people use to position themselves with the help of the ...

Latitude and longitude coordinates can be deduced by knowing the position of a stationary observer or place on Earth in relation to the equator and the prime meridian. As Earth is spherical in shape, ...

A new paper in The American Journal of Physical Anthropology surveys the variation of genes across latitudes and longitudes. The authors found that both latitude and longitude were significant in the ...

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, ...

The teacher of the Earth Science class was lecturing on map reading. He spent the class explaining about latitude, longitude, degrees, and minutes. Towards the end of class, the teacher asked his ...