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What are latitude and longitude used for?

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What are latitude and longitude used for?

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Latitude and longitude are used to calculate the distance between one ZIP/Postal code and another. Latitude and Longitude are primarily used for dealer locators: for finding the nearest store or dealer to your ZIP/Postal code. It is also used for finding all the ZIP/Postal codes within a certain radius. Please visit the Developers sections to download the distance formula.

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— Latitude and longitude are angles. What units are used to measure angles? Degrees, “minutes of arc” and “seconds of arc” (we add “of arc” only where we want to be sure these terms are not confused with units of time). A right angle contains 90 degrees, written 90°. (The angles formed by several lines meeting at a point all add up to 360°) Each degree contains 60 minutes, written 60′. Each minute contains 60 seconds, written 60″.

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Latitude and longitude are being used to calculate the distance between one ZIP/Postal code and another. Latitude and Longitude are primarily used for dealer locators: for finding the nearest store or dealer to your ZIP/Postal code. It is also used for finding all the ZIP/Postal codes within a certain radius.