World Map with Latitude and Longitude

Mapsofworld.com presents you world map with latitude and longitude. Latitudes and Longitudes  are imaginary lines on the globe that form a coordinate system by means of which the geographical location of any place on the surface of the earth could be easily determined.

Latitudes are lines that proceeds in a north-south direction starting from Equator while longitudes follow an east-west direction. The latitudinal and longitudinal lines form circles on the earth's surface. The Equator (0 degree) divides the world into two halves commonly referred to as the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Equidistant circles are drawn parallel from the Equator and these are referred to as parallels or parallels of latitude. Lines of Longitude , on the other hand, are lines which lie on the east or west of the Prime Meridian that run north-south from the North Pole to the South Pole passing through Greenwich, near London. Lines of Longitude are, however, not parallel to each other and they all meet at the geographic poles. With a combination of the parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude, a grid pattern could be established in the geographic map  by means of which and in reference to the Equator and the Prime Meridian, exact calculations could be made about the location of any place on the surface of the earth. Hence, if one wants to find the location of a place, find longitude first and then proceed. Longitude finder  is an effective tool to find out the cities' longitude . Longitude finding  is done with longitude locator  or longitude calculator . Longitude coordinates  are important while representing world countries . These are the basic principles of latitude and longitude mapping.

The World Map with latitude and longitude enables the users to find out the geographical coordinates of some of the most important locations on the earth's surface including countries, islands, cities, national capitals, industrial centers and tourist destinations to name only a few.

Using the Latitude and Longitude Map of the World a user can calculate the geographical coordinates of not only the largest countries in the world such as the United States of America, Canada, the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Australia, but also of the smaller nations like Iceland, Monaco, Andorra and Singapore.

The World Map with Latitude and Longitude can also be used to calculate the time variation between different countries and time zones. The world is divided into 24 Time Zones by an equal number of standard meridians of longitude that run from the North Pole to the South Pole, at right angles to the equator, and are 15° apart, starting from the prime meridian or 0° longitude that passes through Greenwich. These meridians are therefore, theoretically speaking, the centers of the 24 standard time zones. Each 15° zone to the east or west of the initial 0° zone is therefore equivalent to one hour. However, in practice these zones are not strictly maintained and are altered or subdivided, for convenience's sake, by individual countries that fall within them. For instance, India follows the 82½° longitude that passes through the city of Allahabad to calculate the standard time for the whole country whereas in USA there are six time zones. Together with the World Time Zone Map, the World Map with Latitude and Longitude is a useful tool for the users to calculate the time and location of the important places on the surface of the globe.

Make use of the lookup longitude  facility at Mapsofworld.com and find out the distance longitude  and longitude address  of all major cities in the world.