It helps keep the continents in order and helps pilots and boaters keep an accurate path.... :)
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Latitude and Longitude are used to point to exactly where you want to be
Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude, and every parallel of latitude is perpendicular to every meridian of longitude.
All lines of longitude are equal. The longest line of latitude is the Equator.
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The longitude lines cover the vertical side of the earth and the latitude lines cover the horizontal side. This gives you map coordination's.