How to Plot Lat & Long on a Map
- 1). Set out your topo map and write out your latitude and longitude coordinates. Check that your coordinates read in terms of degrees, minutes and seconds. For example, a latitude may read 32 degrees, 18' (minutes) and 37" (seconds.) Longitude may read 64 degrees, 23' 44".
- 2). Draw a subtle line on the graticule (graticules are the lines marking latitude and longitude) for the latitude coordinate. Topos are marked in terms of the degree with smaller marks separating the degree marks into smaller subsections.
- 3). Draw a line through the proper longitude coordinate. Like the latitude marks, longitude lines are represented on the topo as degrees, then broken into minute lines and seconds.
- 4). Find the intersecting point on the map where your latitude and longitude lines meet. This is the plot point for your coordinates.