Search results

...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

| Longitude

...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

...orce protection in those areas in the Russian Federation east of 100º East longitude. A Memorandum of Understanding signed between USEUCOM and USPACOM outlines

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

| style="padding-left: 1.0em;"|'''Latitude and longitude:''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=53.99445,-1.082153&ie=UTF8&ll=

...as parameters. The GLatLng is an object which specifies the latitude and longitude to be used as center point for the map. I have supplied the coordinates of

...a description of the said River, and shall particularize the Latitude and Longitude of its mouth and of its Source. Duplicates of this Declaration ant of the S

:::#One chooses the longitude and latitude to bound the map in the upper left. :::#The big box at the bottom is for placing the longitude, latitude and name of locations you want plotted on the map.

...as parameters. The GLatLng is an object which specifies the latitude and longitude to be used as center point for the map. I have supplied the coordinates of