Introduction - Honda TRX500FGA Owner's Manual

Introduction

Any location on Earth may be described by two positioning coordinates.
These two coordinates, measured by degrees, minutes, and seconds, are:
latitude
longitude
Latitudes are horizontal circles drawn around the Earth. The zero degree
latitude (the equator) divides the globe into the Northern and Southern
hemispheres.
LATITUDE
Northern
Hemisphere
Southern
Hemisphere
Each circle contains 360°
Each degree contains 60'
Each minute contains 60''
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90°N (North Pole)
90°S (South Pole)
(degree)
(minutes)
(seconds)
0° latitude
(equator)