{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"GeoCurrents","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.geocurrents.info","author_name":"Martin W. Lewis","author_url":"https:\/\/www.geocurrents.info\/blog\/author\/martin-lewis\/","title":"Longitude Is Not Like Latitude - GeoCurrents","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0SKISah7Ma\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geocurrents.info\/blog\/2025\/11\/06\/longitude-is-not-like-latitude\/\">Longitude Is Not Like Latitude<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocurrents.info\/blog\/2025\/11\/06\/longitude-is-not-like-latitude\/embed\/#?secret=0SKISah7Ma\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Longitude Is Not Like Latitude&#8221; &#8212; GeoCurrents\" data-secret=\"0SKISah7Ma\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.geocurrents.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ortelius-scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_height":1602,"description":"At first glance, latitude and longitude seem like equivalent concepts. On any local-scale map, lines of latitude (parallels) and longitude (meridians) form a grid, with the two sets of lines intersecting at 90\u00b0 angles. On such maps, lines of longitude as well as those of latitude appear to be parallel to each other. Many world [&hellip;]"}