Google Maps accepts latitude and longitude in any of the three common formats; use whichever one is most convenient: Degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS): 34° 7' 8.904'' N 118° 18' 1.296'' W ...

Discover what longitude and latitude are and understand what the different hemispheres are. Learn how to locate different places in the world.

Longitude lines run along the Earth's surface in a north-south direction, and unlike latitude lines, they divide the globe into segments like those of an orange, rather than regular strips.

Today, latitude and longitude are both determined electronically through GPS — a worldwide system of navigation with a constellation of 24 satellites and their ground stations.

The historian and cartography Bill Rankin, who maintains the blog Radical Cartography, created the fascinating histograms above, which show the world’s population distributed by longitude and ...

Latitude and longitude are used only when a location is first created in Google My Business, and only when we need additional clarification for where to place a business on the map.