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Amber House is situated at Latitude 41.2668 degrees South, Longitude 173.2931 degrees East from the [[Greenwich Meridian]] and its location may

...he Earth is a perfect sphere, the length of a degree of [[latitude]] and [[longitude]] give the (same) length of the equator. Measurements of the length of a l

...h latitude, and 166 degrees 45 minutes East to 167 degrees 50 minutes East longitude. It is approximately 2500 miles southeast of [[Hawaii (U.S. state)]].

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...s at a [[latitude]] of around 40 degrees south of the [[equator]], and a [[longitude]] of around 179 degrees east of [[Greenwich meridian|Greenwich]]. Consequen

...fered by the British Government in 1714, to enable navigators to determine longitude within one-half of a degree, his timepiece managed to only vary by a minute

...st of [[Gabon]]. All places on Earth have geographic co-ordinates based on longitude and latitude.

...keeping at sea, thus enabling a better determination of the geographical [[longitude]]; but also work in astronomy required accurate timekeeping. Huygens belie The geographical longitude problem had remained a constant reason for Huygens to continue work on cloc

...tailed account of Ireland in classical literature, giving the latitude and longitude of six promontories, fifteen river mouths, ten settlements and nine islands

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...nformation system|geographic information systems]] (combining latitude and longitude information with computer mapping programs)

...°, with each degree further subdivided 60&prime; ([[minutes]]). To measure longitude, he suggested using eclipses to determine the relative difference in time.<

...([[GNSS]]) allows small electronic devices to determine their location ([[Longitude]], [[Latitude]], and [[Altitude]]) as well as time with an accuracy of up t

* "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W", 1974 ([[Hugo Award|Hugo]] and [[Nebula Award]] winner for

...-axis has the usual [[spherical polar coordinates]] &alpha; &equiv; &phi; (longitude angle) and &beta; &equiv; &theta; (colatitude angle) with respect to the sp

...ault, together with bad maps — the Spanish pilots were unable to calculate longitude or gauge the effects of the unfamiliar tides, and the Armada ships sailed m

*Longitude: -63.53°

...or the variables. Location may be annotated by x,y, and z coordinates of [[longitude]], [[latitude]], and [[elevation (geography)|elevation]], or by other [[geo ...each of which may provide a different set of coordinates (e.g., latitude, longitude, elevation) for any given point on the earth's surface. The simplest model

Dolly Sods is located at latitude 38° 59' 45"N (38.996°), longitude 79° 22' 5"W (-79.368°) on a ridge crest that forms part of the Eastern C

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