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Latitude
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By Pierre Joppen, Jul 7, 2004

Latitude

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Part of a spherical reference system used to locate positions on the surface of the Earth. The angular distance in degrees, minutes, and seconds measured from the centre of the Earth to a point north and south of the Equator.

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