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!colspan="2" style="background:#bbffee;"| [[Longitude]] (λ)
 
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|colspan="2"|Lines of longitude appear [[Vertical|vertical]] with varying curvature in this projection; but are actually halves of great circles, with identical radii.
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|colspan="2"|Lines of longitude appear [[Vertical|vertical]] with varying curvature in this projection; but are actually halves of great ellipses, with identical radii at a given latitude.
 
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!colspan="2" style="background:#bbffee;"| [[Latitude]] (φ)
 
!colspan="2" style="background:#bbffee;"| [[Latitude]] (φ)

Revision as of 14:29, 4 September 2009

World map longlat.svg
Map of Earth
Longitude (λ)
Lines of longitude appear vertical with varying curvature in this projection; but are actually halves of great ellipses, with identical radii at a given latitude.
Latitude (φ)
Lines of latitude appear horizontal with varying curvature in this projection; but are actually circular with different radii. All locations with a given latitude are collectively referred to as a circle of latitude.
The equator divides the planet into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere, and has a latitude of 0° World map with equator.svg

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