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Latitude, Longitude and Time
26 Practical Work in GeographyChapter 3 Latitude, Longitude andTimeTHE EARTH is nearly a sphere. It is because of the fact that theequatorial radius and the polar radius of the earth is not the rotation of the earth over its axis produces bulging at the , the actual shape resembles that of an oblate spheroid. Theshape of the earth presents some difficulties in positioning its surfacefeatures, as there is no point of reference from which to measure therelative positions of other points. Hence, a network of imaginary linesis drawn on a globe or a map to locate various places. Let us find outwhat are these lines and how are they spinning of the earth on its axis from west to east providestwo natural points of reference, North and South Poles.
upon the location of a featur e or a place north or south of the equator , the letter N or S is written along with the value of the latitude. If the earth were a perfect sphere, the length of 1 0 of latitude (a one degree arc of a meridian) would be a constant value, i.e. 111 km everywhere on the earth. This length is almost the same as that of ...
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