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A model to demonstrate
latitude and longitude
Cut 2 discs of cardboard.
Cut a radial slit in each so that they slot together as
shown.
Mark your chosen cities and their angles of latitude. In the
illustration London at $51.5^o$ North and Sydney at $34^o$ South
are shown.
Cut off a small segment at the South Pole so that the model
stands up.
Adjust the angle between the two planes in the model to show
the difference in their angles of longitude.
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Take the origin at the centre of the earth, the x-axis through
the Greenwich Meridian at the equator, the y-axis through longitude
$90^o$ East at the equator and the z-axis through the North
Pole.
London is approximately on the Greenwich Meridian so the 3-D
coordinates of London are $(R\cos 51.5^o, 0, R\sin 51.5^o$).
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