Longitude values denotes angular distance between the Prime Meridian and the locations situated east or west of it for a given point. For the basic understanding of the longitudes and latitude some ...

The city of Liverpool, for example, is 53 degrees and 24 minutes north of the Equator (0° latitude) written as 53°24'N, and 2 degrees and 58 minutes west of the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) ...

Britain is north of the equator between about 50 and 60 degrees. Longitude tells you your position relative to the prime meridian which runs through Greenwich in London. For this measurement again ...