Delhi |
3:30 p.m. |
London |
11:00 a.m. |
Tokyo |
7:00 p.m. |
Paris |
12:00 Noon |
Cairo |
12:00 Noon |
Moscow |
1:00 p.m. |
Place | Latitude | Longitude |
Mumbai | ||
Vladivostok | ||
Cairo | ||
New York | ||
Ottawa | ||
Geneva | ||
Johannesburg | ||
Sydney |
Place |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Mumbai |
19° 4' N |
72° 52' E |
Vladivostok |
43° 10' N |
132° 0' E |
Cairo |
30° 2' N |
31° 14' E |
New York |
40° 42' N |
74° 0' W |
Ottawa |
45° 25' N |
75° 41' W |
Geneva |
46° 12' N |
6° 8' E |
Johannesburg |
26° 12' S |
28° 2' E |
Sydney |
33° 52' S |
151° 12' E |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Run from East-west, parallel to the equator |
Run from North to South |
Used to demarcate temperature zones |
Used to determine local time |
Lines are parallel to each other |
Lines converge at the poles |
The distance between the two latitudes is approximately 111 km |
The distance between the two longitude is maximum at equator, i.e., 111.3 km and minimum at poles , i.e., 0 km. |
Latitude measures up to 180 degrees, i.e., 90° N and - 90° S. |
Longitude measures up to 360 degrees |
(i) North and South Poles are the two natural points of references on the earth. The spinning of the earth on its axis from west to east provides these two natural points.
(iii) The latitudes and longitudes are commonly referred to as geographical coordinates as they provide systematic network of lines upon which the position of various surface features of the earth, can be represented.
(iv) The sun appear to be moving from east to west because the earth rotates from west to east over its axis and takes 24 hours to complete one rotation.
(v) The time based on the meridian through a specific place, as a city, in contrast to that of the time zone within which the place is located is called local time.
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