Latitude

A Latitude is a geographic coordinate that measures the North or South positions from the equator of point or object on the Earth's globe or map.

Context:
- It can be recoded in a Toponym Record.
Example(s):
- Name="London", Longitude="81.24°W", Latitude="42.97°N"
- Geodetic Latitude,
- Geocentric latitude,
- Spherical Latitude,
- Geographic Latitude,
- Astronomical Latitude.
- …
Counter-Example(s):
- Longitude,
- Azimuth,
See: Earth, Geography, North, South, Equator.

References

(Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude Retrieved:2018-9-9.
- In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface. Latitude is an angle (defined below) which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles. Lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run east–west 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. Also defined are six auxiliary latitudes which are used in special applications

(Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2018) ⇒ https://www.britannica.com/science/latitude Retrieved:2018-9-9.
- QUOTE: Latitude is a measurement on a globe or map of location north or south of the Equator. Technically, there are different kinds of latitude—geocentric, astronomical, and geographic (or geodetic)—but there are only minor differences between them. In most common references, geocentric latitude is implied. Given in degrees, minutes, and seconds, geocentric latitude is the arc subtended by an angle at Earth’s centre and measured in a north-south plane poleward from the Equator. Thus, a point at 30°15′20″ N subtends an angle of 30°15′20″at the centre of the globe; similarly, the arc between the Equator and either geographic pole is 90° (one-fourth the circumference of the Earth, or 1/4 × 360°), and thus the greatest possible latitudes are 90° N and 90° S. As aids to indicate different latitudinal positions on maps or globes, equidistant circles are plotted and drawn parallel to the Equator and each other; they are known as parallels, or parallels of latitude.