Coordinates & Distances
General resources about coordinate systems. Discover how we find places on the earth with coordinates and the distances between them. Latitude and Longitude
From your Guide, learn the basics about the longitude and latitude lines running across your maps. What do they mean and how do you read them?
How To Convert a Decimal to Sexagesimal
Learn how to convert a decimal degree into degrees, minutes, and seconds. How to Teach Latitude and Longitude
Great tips and advice for teachers from the About Secondary School Educators site. Atlas and Timezone Database
Type in the first few letters of the city or place you're interested in and you'll be given a list of matching locations and their latitude and longitude. Click on the correct match and you'll get the location identified on a world map along with the current time. Geographic Names Information System - Online Data Base Query
A very useful resource for retrieving latitude and longitude (including minutes and seconds) for a specific place or point of interest (even libraries and parks) in the U.S. Also provides the name of the 7.5' topographic map for the place. Geographic Nameserver
For quick latitude, longitude and elevation of U.S. locations, you just can't beat the MIT Geographic Nameserver. Low graphics, high value. GEOnet Names Server
Access latitude and longitude information for places outside the U.S. from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. The query form is quite extensive. Click the "Access GEOnet" button to get there. How Far is It?
This site provides the latitude and longitude of two places on earth (using a large database), and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). Latitude / Longitude Search
Obtain a map by entering a latitude and longitude. Just enter degrees/minutes/seconds or the decimal value to get the map. Not all of the world is covered by this MapQuest site.
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