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|colspan="2" align="center"|<small style="line-height:130%">[[Map]] of [[Earth]]</small> | |colspan="2" align="center"|<small style="line-height:130%">[[Map]] of [[Earth]]</small> | ||
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| − | |colspan="2"|Lines of longitude appear [[ | + | |colspan="2"|Lines of longitude appear [[Vertical direction|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 19:06, 21 February 2011
| Map of Earth | |
| Longitude (λ) | |
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| 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, a Southern Hemisphere and has a latitude of 0°. | |