Are longitudes going north to south or west to east on the globe? Please help me out.?

Question

Are longitudes going north to south or west to east on the globe? Please help me out.?

Answer 1

A line of longitude is a semicircle with one end at the North Pole and the other end at the South Pole. Each line of longitude is connected to every other line of longitude at the poles. The distance between two different lines of longitude is maximum at the equator and zero at the poles (where they meet). Lines of longitude are named by their angle measure from the line through Greenwich, England either West or East. (West longitudes go through America for example, and east longitudes through Europe.)

A line of latitude is a complete circle going around the Earth parallel to the equator. Lines of latitude never meet each other. The largest is the equator itself, and the smallest lines of latitudes are degenerate circles (a single point) at the two poles. They are named by angle measures from the equator North and South.

If you learn your own location, then you will easily remember which way the lines run. My location is about latitude 55 north and longitude 37 east. Because my longitude line is named "...east", the line itself must run north to south.

Answer 2

Longitude is the east-west geographic coordinate measurement most commonly used in maps and navigation. However, the most common answer would be that on a globe or map they are the lines which run north to south!  

Answer 3

a longtitude is going north to south and visa versa on the globe and latitude is going west to east, and vice versa, i remember lattitude by thinking of lat as fat, it helps me for some reason

Answer 4

Longitude runs north south.

remember they are long so they stand straight

latitudes are lat and fat and they prefer to remain asleep