Latitude and Longitude

Question 1

What is latitude?

Answer 1

The angular value measured in degrees for a position between the equator and the poles
0 to 90 degrees north or south

Question 2

What are parallels of latitude?

Answer 2

Small circles parallel to the equator, you either fly at 090 or 270, therefore a parallel is a rhumb line

Question 3

What is change of latitude shortened to?

Answer 3

Chlat

Question 4

How do we calculate chlat?

Answer 4

For the same hemisphere - subtract smaller from bigger
For different hemisphere - add them together

Question 5

What is longitude?

Answer 5

The angular value measured in degrees from the Greenwich meridian datum
0 to 180 degrees east or west

Question 6

What is a the name for a line opposite to a meridian?

Answer 6

The anti meridian

Question 7

What do you get if you combine a meridian and an anti meridian?

Answer 7

A great circle

Question 8

What is change in longitude shortened to?

Answer 8

Chlong

Question 9

How do we calculate chlong?

Answer 9

In the same hemisphere - subtract smaller from bigger
In opposite hemisphere - add the 2 points together
If the 2 points add up to more than 180 subtract them from 360 to get the shortest way round

Question 10

What is the name for parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude intersecting at 90 degrees?

Answer 10

Right angled graticule