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Longitude vs Easting - What's the difference?

longitude | easting |

As nouns the difference between longitude and easting

is that longitude is angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian while easting is (cartography) the distance east of a standard reference meridian.

longitude

Noun

(en noun)
  • Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
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  • Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
  • (archaic) Length.
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    Synonyms

    * (half of a great circle) meridian

    Derived terms

    * longitudinal

    See also

    * latitude * equator * prime meridian

    easting

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cartography) The distance east of a standard reference meridian.
  • (nautical) A distance traveled eastward.
  • Derived terms

    * (l)

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