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!colspan="2" style="background:#bbffee;"| [[Latitude]] (φ)
 
!colspan="2" style="background:#bbffee;"| [[Latitude]] (φ)
 
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|colspan="2"|Lines of Shit appear straight and [[Horizontal plane|horizontal]] 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]].
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|colspan="2"|Lines of latitude appear straight and [[Horizontal plane|horizontal]] 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]].
 
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|The '''[[equator]]''' divides the planet into a [[Northern Hemisphere]] and a [[Southern Hemisphere]], and has a latitude of 0°.
 
|The '''[[equator]]''' divides the planet into a [[Northern Hemisphere]] and a [[Southern Hemisphere]], and has a latitude of 0°.

Revision as of 19:23, 21 April 2008

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Map of Earth
Longitude (λ)
Lines of longitude appear curved and vertical in this projection, but are actually halves of great circles.
Latitude (φ)
Lines of latitude appear straight and horizontal 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.jpg
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