1. Latitude / Longitude Oct. 3 Notes6

2. Hemisphere means “half a sphere.”W E
Equator S
Prime Meridian

3. EQUATOR PRIME MERIDIAN
- A special LATITUDE line that runs West to East.
The Equator is “0º latitude”.
PRIME MERIDIAN
The Prime Meridian is “0º longitude”.
- A special LONGITUDE line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.

5. The Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England (now a museum)

7. Laser projected from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich marking the Prime Meridian

8. A GPS receiver at the Greenwich Meridian

9. 160°W
120°W
80°W
40°W
160°E 0°
120°E
100°W
60°W
100°E
140°W
20°W
20°E
60°E
80°E
40°E
140°E
40°N
20°N
80°S
60°S
40°S
20°S
80°N
60°N

10. Name these cities 29 deg. N , 95 deg. W 35 deg. S , 20 deg. E
25 deg. S , 45 deg. W
15 deg. N , 120 deg. E
50 deg. N , 3 deg. E
25 deg. N , 100 deg. W