Declination or latitude is the missing dimension in astrology and especially in astrolocality. Like the rays of a star, or the cardinal points, every object in the heavens beams in four principal directions; north and south(longitude) and east and west(latitude). Popular astrology deals with longitude dividing the globe or heavens into twelve slices running north-south which become the signs and which give an object its zodiacal nature. While that object affects the entire sign or longitudinal slice its in, this is only half the story. A planet or heavenly body also has a latitudinal or east-west effect which is just as important. Exactly what this effect is or even how to measure it is still largely unknown. A planet's latitudinal position is measured in degrees according to its distance north or south of the ecliptic or celestial equatorial plane. How the celestial or astrolosphere overlaps the terrestial sphere is what astrolocality is all about. Because of the Earth's tilt there is an uneven overlapping, especially near the poles. Also, the Earth is not perfectly spherical, but all of this is worked out mathematicallty. Astrologers(and astronomers) use right ascension and declination to convert celestial longitude and latitude to terrestial longitude and latitude. For our purposes, you need only two coordinates to locate precisely where on Earth a planet or heavenly body is focused. The first is an object's zodiacal longitude which can be found in any ephemeris or computer program(example: Mars at 02°Leo 49'). Secondly, you need it's declination position(example: Mars at 16°N 25'). With these two coordinates and a good astro-mapping program you can pinpoint exactly on the globe, for example, where Mars, will be focused at your birth(or at any other time). Zodiacal longitude is converted to terrestial longitude and declination becomes the latitude. This will give a much truer representation of just where the planets(and stars) were at your birth.

Below is a map showing the main planets of a particular chart in their exact longitudinal and latitudinal positions using the excellent Map Creator 2 program. With the exception of Pluto, the Moon, and the dwarfs, most of the planets follow a fairly close path along the ecliptic which means they can never be too far north or south. Stars and nebulae, on the other hand, can be just about anywhere. When a planet or object is more than 23°27' north or south of the equator it is "out of bounds" or outside the Sun's direct influence. Also, every planet or object has a north-south or east-west influence radiating outwards from its exact location, much akin to the MC or Asc factors.

Below is a more detailed map labeled with Janus glyphs or font characters which I was able to import and modify through the Map Creator Program. It was fun creating and positioning the factors and using different formats, grids, and zoom levels. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to overlay the zodiacal grid over the Earth grid in either maps but am nonetheless satisfied with the results. These particular maps shows the Ascendant-based positions of the planets(and stars) wherein the MC is treated as a planet, but an MC-based map can also certainly be created(see MC map below).

Below is an even more detailed zoom of the same map and chart showing Jupiter between Brasilia and Rio and Sao Paolo(Brazil) and positioned to the exact degree and minute. The beauty of Map Creator is that it allows you to drag and move your object while showng you the exact geographical coordinates at the lower left corner of the screen.

Satelite mapping is the future of astrology. Incredibly accurate and detailed astrolocality maps can be produced using satelite imagery in combination with computers and astrolocality programs. I'm sure this has already been achieved but it has yet to be widely available to the masses. Timepassages 5(advanced edition) from astrograph.com is one of the few softwares incorporating satelite maps into astrolocality.

Below: a reduced whole sign MC map showing the exact locations of recognized planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, stars, and other factors.