What do you know about longitudes? – InterviewSolution

1.	What do you know about longitudes?
Answer» Longitudes are imaginary lines connecting North and South ’Poles. Longitudes are semi-circles. Longitudes are also called meridians because when the sun is overhead on a longitude at the time on that longitude it is noon (meridianus). There are 360 longitudes in total. The longitudes from 0° to 180° to the east are called eastern longitudes. The longitudes from 0° to 180° to the west are called western longitudes. 0° meridian is called the Prime meridian or Greenwich meridian. Longitudes are also expressed in degrees (°), minutes (‘) and seconds (“).

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