There is a GREAT ERROR: The longitude & latitude had changed !!!! 78.92.8.112 ( talk) 09:51, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
The map used in this template is inappropriate - it is waaaay too detailed to be used at such a scale. What's needed is a map with simple land outlines and major lat and long lines. No political borders, no annotation etc. If I find a decent one, I'll replace this - can't find anything at the moment though... Bazonka ( talk) 19:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
This template is wrong. Meridians and parallels cannot be defined from projections. On the projection shown the meridians/parallel are almost vertical/horiz but this is not true in general, particularly in the important Transverse Mercator projection where the meridians are complex curves and the parallels are closed curves taking all possible directions. The definition in terms of the graticule (as given in the lead of Latitude is more fundamental: it is independent of the projection used. The practical definition and modes of measurement are in terms of the graticule (on a sphere or ellipsoid). This template should be deleted. It should also be removed from Longitude. Peter Mercator ( talk) 23:12, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
There is a GREAT ERROR: The longitude & latitude had changed !!!! 78.92.8.112 ( talk) 09:51, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
The map used in this template is inappropriate - it is waaaay too detailed to be used at such a scale. What's needed is a map with simple land outlines and major lat and long lines. No political borders, no annotation etc. If I find a decent one, I'll replace this - can't find anything at the moment though... Bazonka ( talk) 19:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
This template is wrong. Meridians and parallels cannot be defined from projections. On the projection shown the meridians/parallel are almost vertical/horiz but this is not true in general, particularly in the important Transverse Mercator projection where the meridians are complex curves and the parallels are closed curves taking all possible directions. The definition in terms of the graticule (as given in the lead of Latitude is more fundamental: it is independent of the projection used. The practical definition and modes of measurement are in terms of the graticule (on a sphere or ellipsoid). This template should be deleted. It should also be removed from Longitude. Peter Mercator ( talk) 23:12, 15 February 2015 (UTC)