Locate a point using signed coordinates and hemispheres.
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Latitude and longitude
Read latitude and longitude separately. Give a signed number: north and east are positive, south and west negative. The grid is for coordinates, not for measuring distances.
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Point
Latitude (signed degrees)
Longitude (signed degrees)
P
-20
30
Coordinate training grid. Original fictional resource; not an official map or real dataset.
Resource description
Longitude runs from 0° to 50°. Latitude runs from -30° to 20°. P is at longitude 30°, latitude -20°. Grid interval is 10°. This diagram is not a distance-preserving map projection.
Use the resource carefully
State the unit and the part of the resource you used. A pattern in a fictional dataset is evidence for that exercise; it does not establish a fact about a real place.
Check whether an explanation is supported by the data or needs additional geographical knowledge. For statistical tasks, a calculated result does not establish causation or significance by itself.