2. Cannot be made if opposing traffic is turning left 3. Can be made on a red light only after making a complete stop behind the white line or crosswalk
Lines of latitude are measured in degrees north or south of the Equator, 0Â° latitude. In order to more easily understand how this angle is measured it is best to imagine that the Earth has been sliced in half along a great circle. The line connecting the North and South Poles is the Earth's axis of rotation. This is perpendicular, or at 90Â°, to the Equator. At the surface of the Earth, at a given latitude, draw a line from that location to the center of the Earth. The angle between this line and the Equator is the latitude measurement.
The graticule shows the latitude and longitude of points on the surface. In this example meridians are spaced at 6Â° intervals and parallels at 4Â° intervals. In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the northâsouth position of a point on the Earth's surface. Latitude is an angle (defined below) which ranges from 0Â° at the Equator to 90Â° (North or South) at the poles. Lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run eastâwest as circles parallel to the equator. Latitude is used together with longitude to specify the precise location of features on the surface of the Earth. Without qualification the term latitude should be taken to be the geodetic latitude as defined in the following sections.