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In this video we're going to learn about the verb map coordinate system.
Latitude and longitude are a system of imaginary lines used to find exact location on Earth, like coordinates
on a map.
Latitude, which are the horizontal lines.
These lines run east to west, side to side, but they measure how far north or south a place is from
the equator.
The equator is the starting point at zero degrees latitude.
Latitude goes from zero degrees at the equator up to 90 degrees north, which is the north pole, down
to 90 degrees south, which is the south pole, the longitude vertical lines.
These lines run north to south, but they measure how far east or west a place is.
From the prime meridian.
The prime meridian is starting point at zero degrees longitude, which passes through Greenwich, England.
Longitude goes from zero degrees at the Prime Meridian up to 180 degrees east up to 180 degrees west.
This is a better image in order to understand the latitude and the longitude.
Here we have the latitude starting from the equator at zero degrees latitude, up to 90 degrees to the
North Pole, and down to -90 degrees to the South Pole, while the longitude starting from the prime
meridian, which passes through England and the Greenwich.
And here we have the 180 degrees east, which is plus and -180 degrees west, which is for the left.
This is the longitude and latitude in world map coordinates system.