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Cool.. So now I can finally remember. Longitude is LONGer because it goes all the way around.. LATitude I dunno.. is like a latte filling up?
by jbverschoor 5y ago
Cool.. So now I can finally remember. Longitude is LONGer because it goes all the way around.. LATitude I dunno.. is like a latte filling up?
- jounker 5y agoThe lateral line on a fish goes from head to tail. :)
- nieve 5y agoTry thinking of it like latitude being like a ladder's rungs. Though this does have the horrifying side effect that sometimes you'll pronounce it laddertude in your head.
- jrib 5y agoLatitude Altitude Vertical If I ever need to confirm which is which, I use the the mnemonic above. I usually imagine latitude corresponding to rings on the earth moving up and down along the surface. This image is triggered by thinking about "altitude" in the context of latitude for me. The latitude defines which of these "rings" the point is on. https://cdn.britannica.com/07/64907-050-7ACA69C8/Facts-parallels-Lines-of-Latitude-angles-direction.jpg https://cdn.britannica.com/07/64907-050-7ACA69C8/Facts-paral...
- cerved 5y agolat is swedish for lazy, so I remember it as laying down, ie horizontal
- bregma 5y agoLATitude is from the LATin for sideways.
- losvedir 5y agoI always say "Latitude? More like flatitude."