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What does longitude mean?

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  1. (geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
  2. (astronomy) Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
  3. (archaic) Length.
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These paintings, like the GPS longitude, latitude, and time read-outs, simply mark the artist's presence.
Other published co-ordinates agree with the latitude, but longitude can vary by as much as 0.03 minutes west.
Its goal is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location.
To picture the difference, start with the way geographers mark longitude and latitude on Earth's surface.
Every four minutes of difference would indicate 1 degree of longitude to the east or the west.
Firstly, remember that your longitude is the angular distance West of the Greenwich meridian.

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