Pinpointing your place is extremely easy on the world map if you exactly know the latitude and longitude geographical coordinates of your city, state or country. With the help of these virtual lines, ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Although we are now smart enough to know that the sea horizon is not the edge of the world, it is difficult to name exactly which countries lie beyond. This ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Although we are now smart enough to know that the sea horizon is not the edge of the world, it is difficult to name exactly which countries lie beyond. This ...

To do that, I’ll use what’s called latitude and longitude.Lines of latitude run around the Earth like imaginary hoops and have numbers to show how many degrees north or south they are from the ...