Here’s how it works. The equator is the imaginary line that horizontally encircles the middle of Earth, stretching approximately 24,900 miles (40,000 kilometers) long. It's located halfway ...

Maps are compromises between distorting the angles of latitude and longitude lines and the relative areas of ... different ways cartographers have tried to depict the Earth. This map bowed out the ...

First, I’m going to find out which half of the Earth he’s on. Running around the middle of the planet is an imaginary line called the Equator. Well I’m on the half that’s above the Equator ...