Assertion: longitude | /r/HasProperty | measured
Facets:
value: from any meridian or reference point
type: OTHER
value: from the prime meridian
type: LOCATION
value: by is east
type: LOCATION
value: in seconds
type: TEMPORAL
value: east
type: OTHER
value: in minutes
type: TEMPORAL
value: in degrees
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Longitude is measured using degrees, the same way an angle is.
text: Latitude is a measure of how far north or south somewhere is from the Equator; longitude is a measure of how far east or west it is from the Prime Meridian.
text: All the other longitudes are measured and named after the angle they make with respect to the center of the Earth from the intersection of the Meridian and the Equator.
text: Longitude is measured using degrees, the same way an angle is.
text: Latitude and longitude are both measured in degrees, minutes and seconds.
text: Longitude is measured east and west from the Prime Meridian.
text: Longitude is measured using degrees, the same way an angle ihs.
text: Longitude is measured by how far a point is east (+) or west (-) of the prime meridian (which is set as Greenwich, England).
text: Until there was international agreement on this, longitudes might be measured from any meridian or reference point.