Absolute location describes the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth. Using coordinates such as latitude and longitude, is the most frequent way of Absolute location. Latitude is always written first (from 0 to 90) and latitude and longitude (from 0 to 180) are composed of degrees, minutes, and seconds. In the case of San Jose, Costa Rica Absolute location coordinates are 9°55′59″ North, 84°04′59″ West. The coordinates for Miami, Florida are 25°46′27″ North, 80°11′37″ West. It means that Miami is 15°50′28″(15 degrees, 50 minutes and 28 seconds) north and 3°53′22" (3 degrees, 53 minutes and 22 seconds) east of San Jose, Costa Rica.