How to read Latitude and Longitude Coordinates

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  • @robotech1990
    @robotech1990 4 роки тому +15

    I'M A 50 YEAR OLD MAN AND I HAD TO LEARN THIS TO INSTALL MY SOLAR PANEL ARRANGE.. tHANKS for uploading.

  • @tomfurnari4923
    @tomfurnari4923 6 років тому +14

    I have a social studies test tomorrow and this was really helpful.
    Thank you!

  • @Geographicvideos
    @Geographicvideos  11 років тому +9

    The Paris meridian is a meridian line running through the Paris Observatory in Paris, France (now longitude 2°20′14.03″ east.) Until 1911 it was a rival system to the Greenwich one. I do not know what the gaps were between meridians. Somewhere on the Internet there must be an answer to this.

  • @louisxvii2137
    @louisxvii2137 7 років тому +29

    Sydney Opera House:
    33°51’26” S, 151°12’52” E
    Uluru:
    25°17’58” S, 131°00’58” E
    Mount Cook:
    43°35’41” S, 170°08’30” E

  • @ACE-dz3kc
    @ACE-dz3kc 4 роки тому +86

    Its weird how some comments are days old, but we all know most of us are here cuz of school :(

    • @zhane4009
      @zhane4009 4 роки тому +1

      lmao

    • @relsos7081
      @relsos7081 4 роки тому

      Fr

    • @selina7046
      @selina7046 4 роки тому

      Same bro

    • @brett_webber233
      @brett_webber233 4 роки тому

      Same fr

    • @meerkat8090
      @meerkat8090 3 роки тому +6

      I’m not in school but I’m here because I was bored and wanted to buy a GPS but have no clue how to interpret coordinates 😂😂

  • @hemantsonar
    @hemantsonar 8 років тому +71

    audio is not stereo. i am able to hear only in one side of earphones.

    • @meaganisew9760
      @meaganisew9760 7 років тому

      in 2012 im pretty sure thats the best you could do...dont hate

    • @kimimaro619
      @kimimaro619 6 років тому +3

      Lmao yeah, I was trying to fix my speakers til I realized the problem was the video, not my equipment...

    • @Random-lm4nt
      @Random-lm4nt 5 років тому +1

      2019 here :D

    • @r.ramajeyaraj1099
      @r.ramajeyaraj1099 4 роки тому

      Ugh same

  • @RollOut82
    @RollOut82 5 років тому +51

    Did anyone else go def at 1:09 ??
    If your speakers are on loud... can't say you haven't been warned!

    • @MoneyMindset2k24
      @MoneyMindset2k24 5 років тому +2

      RollOut82 yes

    • @LFPman
      @LFPman 5 років тому

      @RollOut82 almost jumpscare
      Edited due to typo

  • @RaveAndMorty
    @RaveAndMorty 11 років тому +95

    My left ear is thankful.

  • @NickC9545
    @NickC9545 4 роки тому +10

    It's fun to learn about all the destinations you can't travel to in 2020.

  • @Vert1go_
    @Vert1go_ 4 роки тому +36

    is it just me here from online school work?

    • @NickScottProducer
      @NickScottProducer 2 роки тому +1

      Aviation school work here 😂

    • @lo1_idk
      @lo1_idk Рік тому

      Nope teacher send me this vid that she said i had to watch lol😂

    • @Kagekarabs_yt
      @Kagekarabs_yt Рік тому

      Nope prep for geography end of year

    • @diceymemes7987
      @diceymemes7987 Рік тому

      I also have to do it

  • @xconduitt2973
    @xconduitt2973 3 роки тому +9

    It’s actually fucking crazy that this guy is my current Geo teacher lol...

  • @SauceTart
    @SauceTart Рік тому +2

    Thank you for this video! We're about to locate volcanoes in our country using a map and a set of coordinates only. This is very helpful.

  • @TaterChip91
    @TaterChip91 4 роки тому +4

    Not as complicated as I thought it would be, but still will need to watch a few more times to get it to stick. But it seems manageable now.
    Side note, about 10 +/- years ago, I was in Arizona for a rodeo and drew a bull named Uluru. Never got the chance to ask the stock contractor what exactly that meant. All I knew it was Australian and I had been curious ever since. Why that insignificant memory stuck around for this long is beyond me.

  • @Nickster-sb6ts
    @Nickster-sb6ts 8 років тому +162

    My teacher forced me to watch this

  • @kristinakelm8909
    @kristinakelm8909 4 роки тому +1

    Excellent! The video summaries most important concepts!

  • @brianbrewster6532
    @brianbrewster6532 7 років тому

    OMG - thank you so much for posting this. Perfect video to explain perfectly how to read lat and long coords for a programming I am developing.

  • @JAMAICADOCK
    @JAMAICADOCK 11 років тому +4

    Darron can I pick your brains again. The Paris Meridian runs close by the village of Renne le Chateau in the Longuedoc. What is the closest parallel to Renne le Chateau? And did the Paris Meridian have a different set of parallels from Greenwich?

  • @cheeseballs3611
    @cheeseballs3611 3 роки тому +8

    I have a social studies test today, I’m watching this in the morning

  • @nothanks3724
    @nothanks3724 7 років тому +1

    Thank you so much! This makes so much more sense now.

    • @swanni1633
      @swanni1633 7 років тому +1

      No Thanks please explain to me I have test tmr

    • @nothanks3724
      @nothanks3724 7 років тому +1

      TheDerpy Kid So basically the Latitude is a sideways measurement starting at the equator, measuring north and south. The Longitude is a vertical measurement at the prime meridian, measuring east and west. When writing the latitude and longitude, write degrees north or south for latitude first, and then degrees east or west for longitude after. I'm so sorry for the late reply and I hope it helps... its pretty hard to explain as you'd need a paper for it. Good luck on that test Hun ❤️

  • @Geographicvideos
    @Geographicvideos  11 років тому +2

    It has nothing to do with speed.It is about location. (unless you are referring to how fast the Earth rotates) It is more to do with how lines of longitude, the Earth has been divided into 360 meridians (representing the 360 degrees of the earth). That is 180 degrees east plus 180 degrees west. Every 15 degrees longitude represents one hour. 15 degrees x 24 hours =360 degrees. 24 hours in a day.Each lines of Each of those meridians is further divided up into 60 minutes.

  • @aminasworld1898
    @aminasworld1898 3 роки тому +1

    thank you for making an amazing video to make us study and understand what an amazing person

  • @lucasbentley3589
    @lucasbentley3589 2 роки тому +6

    Hell yeah now my left year understandings longitude and lattitude

  • @spurthichadharam9144
    @spurthichadharam9144 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you I think we can shall may ( or any suitable helping verb ) understand the importance of studying observing the changes in earth s latitudes and longitudes............flattening and bulging of areas and how our activities like deforestation hurting women ( or men ) can affect its rotation and deviation between magnetic and geometric poles

  • @Ishaan181
    @Ishaan181 5 років тому +3

    Thank you for making this video (was very helpful)

  • @nhuquynh2730
    @nhuquynh2730 11 років тому +3

    very helpful for my exam, thank you! Very interesting

  • @jazzyjazz3707
    @jazzyjazz3707 3 роки тому +8

    It confuses me that the horizontal lines measure north to south when they run east to west and the vertical lines measure east to west when they run north to south..why is that?

    • @juang614
      @juang614 2 роки тому +3

      Just imagine you slice a sphere along the Equator line. You’d end with a top (north) and a bottom (south) half. They run horizontal, but create vertical divisions, and same idea applies for longitude lines.
      So if you keep slicing the top half, the way to identity them is to think about the vertical increments.

  • @priyankaa5108
    @priyankaa5108 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you very much, I wanted to understand how to find the Longitudinal and latitudinal extent of a nation, this helped very much.

  • @tonycanaris1778
    @tonycanaris1778 2 роки тому +10

    This is why the earth is not flat

  • @iphonecutepapers6428
    @iphonecutepapers6428 2 роки тому +2

    This geo exam made me watch this !!😊

  • @KrishnarajRaoUrbanNaxal
    @KrishnarajRaoUrbanNaxal 5 років тому

    Thank you for this educational video. Much appreciated.

  • @Geographicvideos
    @Geographicvideos  11 років тому +3

    Just south of the Pyrenees from what I can tell. Between some towns called Berga and Manilleu.

  • @49thQuadrant
    @49thQuadrant 4 роки тому +1

    My favorite coordinates are 10 deg longitude and 49 deg latitude with the geodatic datum Potsdam or Rauenberg Datum. Weird, isn't it?

  • @purplemutantas
    @purplemutantas 11 років тому +1

    Excellent. Exactly what I was looking for.

  • @keng5170
    @keng5170 5 років тому +11

    I still can’t find my car keys 🔑

  • @Squishy743
    @Squishy743 4 роки тому +9

    I understood something, but don't know what I understood.

  • @Sunshinlebron
    @Sunshinlebron Рік тому +7

    Who else has AP GEOGRAPHY TEST AND ARE STRUGGLING

    • @Discodian
      @Discodian Рік тому +4

      Not ap, but I'm severely struggling rn 💀

    • @GRFGYT44
      @GRFGYT44 Рік тому

      Not an AP but i have MYE coming and i am not ready

  • @carterbusby239
    @carterbusby239 9 років тому +66

    I'm so lost

    • @yenethvictoria3142
      @yenethvictoria3142 8 років тому +4

      same

    • @Qubaisi4Life
      @Qubaisi4Life 8 років тому +10

      same here... this confused me alot i have no clue how i will do in my exam tomorrow but i will try my best

    • @christdamsel6899
      @christdamsel6899 7 років тому

      Carter Busby how it is so easy

    • @christdamsel6899
      @christdamsel6899 7 років тому

      Heyitsjust Yeneth you should not be

    • @RoflJoker1994
      @RoflJoker1994 6 років тому +1

      ?.. this is the most simplified explanation how are you guys lost lmfao..

  • @alancadieux2984
    @alancadieux2984 5 років тому

    0:35 thankyou latitude is read 1st & longitude is read 2nd. Much looking elsewhere no one seems to think that could possibly be important.

  • @austinlindsay
    @austinlindsay 11 років тому +1

    When the coordinates say "Sixty minutes", what speed are they calculating that at?

  • @javierechevarria1548
    @javierechevarria1548 2 роки тому +2

    Very well explained. Thank you

  • @skypoponosx
    @skypoponosx 9 років тому +1

    Great video - thank you for your time, effort and knowledge :)

  • @brighttsibu160
    @brighttsibu160 7 років тому +1

    Thanks so much. The videos have been helping me and that of some colleagues in Ghana Geographers Association. We are really grateful to the administrators.

  • @atiqulny
    @atiqulny 10 років тому +5

    Thank you, good education.

  • @universalconquest4447
    @universalconquest4447 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the great video!

  • @puzzlepuddles6712
    @puzzlepuddles6712 4 роки тому +9

    watching this because im lost in Minecraft Earth 1:1. I want to find canada please help

  • @tammymiles8240
    @tammymiles8240 8 років тому

    This was a great insight, you have helped me a lot!

  • @patriotrealm5855
    @patriotrealm5855 3 роки тому

    Thanks. Am going to use this on an article on my blog tomorrow!

  • @cheemgaming3457
    @cheemgaming3457 3 роки тому +4

    Why is the sound of this video so weird when i wear my headphones, i only hear the left side of my headphone

    • @richardthavendran932
      @richardthavendran932 3 роки тому

      your headphones are broken m8

    • @nexeom6625
      @nexeom6625 3 роки тому +1

      @@richardthavendran932 No i can hear the left side on my tablet so the video is kinda made that way

    • @emilia5984
      @emilia5984 3 роки тому

      same

  • @pop5678eye
    @pop5678eye 4 роки тому +7

    Incorrect vocabulary: 'Horizontal' means along surface, 'vertical' means up and down along the gravitational gradient.

  • @hman9581
    @hman9581 11 місяців тому +6

    Really do need to explain how we find the degrees and which way do we read from the starting point. Confusing explanation for a beginner.

  • @ShivamSingh-yl7jo
    @ShivamSingh-yl7jo 4 роки тому +7

    502 flat earthers disliked this video

  • @tanmaykaushal9362
    @tanmaykaushal9362 4 роки тому +1

    Good explanation sir😊😊
    Thank you🙏🙏

  • @AlexanderThickstunsChannel
    @AlexanderThickstunsChannel 11 років тому +1

    Just what I needed to know, thanks!

  • @tapaskumarmaiti227
    @tapaskumarmaiti227 7 років тому

    good video at all. you can increase your primary knowledge by this video.

  • @ptsdon
    @ptsdon 4 роки тому +1

    This is a good intro video explaining how to read mapping coordinates... easy to follow. Has a challenge exercise at the end.

  • @JAMAICADOCK
    @JAMAICADOCK 11 років тому +1

    Brilliant. Better than GPS. Thanks.

  • @herbp821
    @herbp821 11 років тому

    well done, well done..... I appreciate your time and efforts. It has helped me..

  • @MarkWysocki-i1y
    @MarkWysocki-i1y 4 місяці тому

    Perhaps those lines are merely a way of depicting the Interior Structure of Earth, a Sphere that was constructed. At the North and South Poles there would need be a circular ring to support all said latitudinal edifices. Like the bottom of Earths Lunar Satellite, you can see this correlation.

    • @MarkWysocki-i1y
      @MarkWysocki-i1y 4 місяці тому

      I meant to say longitudinal edifices, the rings that connect to the north and south poles.

  • @johannesvogl2256
    @johannesvogl2256 7 років тому

    But there are also numbers after the 60 minutes numbers as like the coordinates of this airfield in the caucasus region: 41.55.54 N 041.51.33 E How to get those last numbers? Are those the seconds?

  • @deanhannah2452
    @deanhannah2452 10 років тому

    At 1:10 and at 1:15 you said 22.5 degrees but on the screen it says 23.5 degrees ??

    • @Geographicvideos
      @Geographicvideos  10 років тому +1

      22.5 degrees is an error in the video which I dealt with by putting the correct 23.5 degrees on the screen.

  • @JAMAICADOCK
    @JAMAICADOCK 11 років тому +1

    Can anybody out there tell me where the old Paris Meridian touches 42 N? Somewhere in the Pyrenees I think - a exact location would be much appreciated.

  • @SisterSuffragetteUSA
    @SisterSuffragetteUSA 11 років тому

    This was very helpful for me! Thank you.

  • @austinlindsay
    @austinlindsay 11 років тому +1

    The speed of the earth's rotation explained it. Thank you for your help. :)

    • @andrewhope8698
      @andrewhope8698 5 років тому

      No, sorry. Despite the use of minutes and seconds, this isn't about "time". It's all about how a single degree is divided further into smaller units, i.e. minutes and seconds. 1 degree = 60 minutes = 360 seconds.

  • @kolina7313
    @kolina7313 5 років тому +3

    Oh my god jumpscare at 1:09 (btw ty for the help)

  • @nickde6339
    @nickde6339 4 роки тому +4

    He says latitude is read first, but in his example of 29°58 minutes 45.03 seconds North he is starting with longitude... wtf? I mean you can start either way, you will end up in the same place, but his statement then creates confusion.

    • @elol2951
      @elol2951 4 роки тому

      I mean.. what do you expect.. from a guy in 2012

    • @imambungo
      @imambungo 3 роки тому

      The video is correct. A latitude is 0-90 degrees to North/South, while longitude is 0-180 degrees to West/East. See this pic: cdn.britannica.com/63/2063-004-606AA722/Perspective-globe-grid-parallels-meridians-longitude-latitude.jpg
      CMIIW

    • @nickde6339
      @nickde6339 3 роки тому

      @@imambungo ? You might either have to reread what I said, or I might have to rewatch the video because that is what I heard. Said latitude is read first, but then goes ahead and reads longitude first in his example. We already understand there is a southern and northern hemisphere divided horizontally, and a western and eastern hemisphere divided vertically. 90 up, 90 down. 180 left, 180 right.

    • @imambungo
      @imambungo 3 роки тому

      Ups, sorry. It's 90 up, 90 down. Thanks for pointing that out. Edited my comment.

  • @turnasquare1
    @turnasquare1 3 роки тому +1

    3:07 is where you lost me... can anyone explain this a little clearer? Sorry, just a slow learner. Great video!

    • @kravlone7612
      @kravlone7612 3 роки тому +2

      We're dividing degrees of latitude or longitude in 60 minutes, and the each minutes to 60 second
      Imagine a scale, let's say meter scale, then it'll have 1 meter which is divided into 100 cm which is further divided into mm, like that
      This is done so to locate a place or a person on earth surface in very precise manner, let's say there is a person between the space of 5° N and 6° N, how we'll locate him ? That's why we use minutes and seconds, not only this, there are 3 formats that are used majorly, dms(degree, minutes, sec), dm(degree, minutes), dd(decimal degree), I find decimal degree easy and more useful

    • @turnasquare1
      @turnasquare1 3 роки тому +1

      @@kravlone7612 Thank you so much!

  • @pikiwiki
    @pikiwiki 10 років тому

    great dry tone to the edification. learned some

  • @usertwn
    @usertwn 2 роки тому +13

    My Notes from this video
    First ever system of finding locations via longitude and latitude was done by Greek Philosopher Hipparchus
    Widely used in GPS systems and Geographical information system
    Latitude = Horizontal lines; North/South; 0-90 degrees max
    Lines of latitudes = parallels
    Longitude = Vertical Lines; West/East; 0-180 degrees max
    Lines of longitude = meridians
    Equator = 0 degrees Latitude
    North Pole = 90 degrees N Latitude
    South Pole = 90 degrees S Latitude
    Either North/South Pole & Equator form a 90 degree Angle
    North of equator is Northern Hemisphere
    South of equator is Southern Hemisphere
    North of equator at 23 degrees N is Tropic of Cancer
    (Northern Hemisphere)
    South of equator at 23 degrees S is Tropic of Capricorn
    (Southern Hemisphere)
    Between these two is a place known as the “Tropics”
    66 degrees N/66 degrees S of the Equator is the Arctic and Antarctic circle
    The area between the Tropic of Cancer and Arctic circle is called the “Temperate Zone”
    West of Prime Meridian is the Western Hemisphere
    East of Prime Meridian is the Eastern Hemisphere
    Degrees of Latitude and Longitude have been divided into minutes and seconds
    60 minute in each degree and each minute into 60 seconds

    • @therocket39
      @therocket39 2 роки тому

      You are also Very Wrong...
      All you have to do is watch.
      THE GREAT PYRAMID K 2019.

  • @Pawn2e4
    @Pawn2e4 2 роки тому +16

    Why am I getting a flat Earth warning. UA-cam is a joke

    • @the3rdking747
      @the3rdking747 2 роки тому +1

      seriously tho, i thought the same thing

    • @therocket39
      @therocket39 2 роки тому

      Nope you just need to find the right clip.
      Watch The Great pyramid K 2019...

    • @cbrooks0905
      @cbrooks0905 2 роки тому

      What do you mean you’re getting a flat earth warning?

  • @kiaragold822
    @kiaragold822 10 років тому +6

    helpful, thanks!

  • @RockstarIsreta
    @RockstarIsreta 5 років тому +5

    1:08 the random music scared me

  • @tvabenbow
    @tvabenbow 3 роки тому +4

    School work thanks

  • @donaldducky6471
    @donaldducky6471 10 років тому +37

    GO NZ

  • @hyrulemasterchef9573
    @hyrulemasterchef9573 2 роки тому +3

    You were wrong about the Giza pyramids

  • @VernNorrgard
    @VernNorrgard 6 років тому +1

    Nicely explained, very straightforward. :-)

  • @zero_bf
    @zero_bf 6 років тому +2

    I'm in grade 9 and my teacher doesn't even teach us this. This is important to learn. In geography my teacher teaches us kindergarten level things. She asks questions on test like, "which city has a longer name? Which country has a larger are? How many mountains are in this area?"

  • @hokiesfan4500
    @hokiesfan4500 8 років тому

    Curiosity question: Why aren't the coordinates read in an (x,y) fashion like a mathematical graph? Meaning Longitude, Latitude vs the actual way it's read?

  • @laroo56
    @laroo56 11 років тому +1

    I love YT. Thank you.

  • @XIL3GANDIX
    @XIL3GANDIX 3 роки тому +2

    first time i have gotten homework in a while lol

  • @smallestJustice
    @smallestJustice 8 років тому

    thanks, very informative and sweet.

  • @amandaseepampoentjie2066
    @amandaseepampoentjie2066 10 років тому

    thanks you explain it very easy to understand

  • @MarkWysocki-i1y
    @MarkWysocki-i1y 4 місяці тому +2

    Like many rings, or Halos, physically built, to form a sphere.

  • @MrVWQ
    @MrVWQ 11 років тому

    wonderful. thanks for your time and effort

  • @ralog7263
    @ralog7263 4 роки тому

    I wonder if this would make a good argument for the Earth as a sphere, and not flat?

  • @alfredthepatientxcvi
    @alfredthepatientxcvi 6 років тому

    Thank you! I understood!

  • @derrickdg42
    @derrickdg42 9 років тому +2

    I have a compass app that tells me degrees and second. Now I get it. Thanks a lot.

  • @SilverMiraii
    @SilverMiraii 7 років тому

    Minutes, seconds, why not already existing units, km, meters etc ?
    And why start from the equator, why not from the top like in a Cartesian grid

  • @NexenTriz
    @NexenTriz 9 років тому

    I need this to do my homework.

    • @NexenTriz
      @NexenTriz 9 років тому

      And I still don't understand.

  • @oxy-woo4077
    @oxy-woo4077 3 роки тому +6

    Learning this for exams

    • @greenscreenasshole
      @greenscreenasshole 3 роки тому

      Same

    • @therocket39
      @therocket39 2 роки тому

      If you really want to find out where things come from Watch THE GREAT PYRAMID K 2019...

  • @farrahabdalla2557
    @farrahabdalla2557 7 років тому

    Anyone who actually wants to know how to read longitude and latitude it’s at 2:24

  • @lennyappleton2840
    @lennyappleton2840 8 років тому

    between where and where is the temperate zone?

  • @rebeccabanana89
    @rebeccabanana89 10 років тому +2

    Greenwich is pronounced 'Grennich'. Excellent video.

  • @Aubatron
    @Aubatron 10 років тому

    I'm trying to figure out how to input GPS coordinates from a GPS device into Google maps properly. I have coordinates that should be somewhere in Australia, but every time I put them in it fails. East 17553.6134, South 3814.2696 any suggestions?

  • @chocoman635
    @chocoman635 3 роки тому +4

    This dude teaches at my school lol

  • @lanaaitcheson9725
    @lanaaitcheson9725 9 років тому

    So what are the readings of the three places....? I want to check I have these right =)

    • @Geographicvideos
      @Geographicvideos  9 років тому +2

      +Lana Aitcheson
      Sydney 33° 51' S Long151° 12' '' EUluru
      25° 20'' S 131° 2' E
      Mount Cook
      43°36'S, 170°09'E

    • @lanaaitcheson9725
      @lanaaitcheson9725 9 років тому

      +Darron Gedge's Geography Channel great thank you! What happens in the case with a country exactly on the equator or meridian....? For example Kisumu, Kenya.... this is a tricky one!

    • @Geographicvideos
      @Geographicvideos  9 років тому

      That depends on how precise you need your coordinates to be. If you are talking just degrees it would be just 0 degrees. But if you are using degrees, minutes and seconds then you are likely to have a precise location in either the northern or southern hemisphere.

    • @lanaaitcheson9725
      @lanaaitcheson9725 9 років тому

      I was more curious than anything =) so there is no N or S needed. clears it up, thank you! you are amazing!
      Lana

  • @dheerajguleria4884
    @dheerajguleria4884 6 років тому +1

    1:09 warning sudden loud music

  • @cryptopet
    @cryptopet 11 років тому +1

    Very useful, Toodle-oo

  • @olnn1347
    @olnn1347 6 років тому

    this is no joke my geo teacher mr Gedge LMAOOOOO

  • @4470304
    @4470304 5 років тому +1

    What app/website do u use?

    • @Geographicvideos
      @Geographicvideos  4 роки тому +1

      I used NASA World Wind. This was back in the days before Google Earth Pro became free to use.

  • @Sefree6
    @Sefree6 7 років тому

    Great video.