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Latitude, Longitude on Earth<br />

Reference plane is equator.<br />

Small circles parallel to equator<br />

are parallels of latitude. + north,<br />

- south.<br />

Altitude of celestial pole is your<br />

latitude. (Vancouver)<br />

Semicircles from pole to pole<br />

are meridians.<br />

Longitude is angle between<br />

meridian and zero meridian<br />

(Greenwich). + west, - east.

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