Latitude Longitude Finder provides Latitude, Longitude and Greenwich Mean Time for a Place which is Geographic Coordinate for every location on the Earth.
These Geographic Coordinate represents Vertical Position on the Earth called Latitude and Horizontal Position called Longitude.
Latitude Longitude Finder
Latitude Longitude Finder
Longitude
Longitude represents a horizontal location on Earth between EAST-WEST direction, relative to Greenwich Meridian. Places in East of Greenwich have longitude angles from 0 degree to +180 degrees.
Places in West of Greenwich have Latitude angles from 0 degree to -180 degrees. Longitude is always converted into DEGREES and MINUTES. 60 minutes corresponds to 15°.
It is said that Earth rotates 15° in one hour time approximately.
Latitude
Latitude represents a vertical location on Earth between North-South direction, relative to equator. If you are on the equator your latitude is zero.
If you are near the north pole your latitude is nearly +90 degrees north. If you are near the south pole your latitude is almost -90 degrees south.
What is Greenwich Time (GMT)?
GMT is also called as Greenwich Meridian Time because Time is measured from the Greenwich Meridian Line at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
Greenwich is the place from where all time zones are measured. Generally Time Zone is denoted as GMT + Hrs Mins or GMT – Hrs Mins.
This small Latitude Longitude Finder script helps anyone to find Latitude, Longitude and GMT (Time Zone) of almost any place in the world.
Latitude, Longitude and Greenwich Mean Time is used in to find Planetary Positions, to plot Birth Chart, Numerology etc..