Horizontally, the equator divides the earth at 0 degrees latitude into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Vertically, it is divided by two lines: the Prime Meridian at 0 degrees longitude and ...

and how the prime meridian (longitude 0º), dividing the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, came to be located here. (You can stand on the Meridian Line when you visit, and yes, it has become a ...

It runs through a place in London called Greenwich. The Prime Meridian splits the world into eastern and western hemispheres. Time in countries to the east of the Prime Meridian is always in front ...

Greenwich in London is home to the Prime Meridian, but just visiting the world-famous Royal Observatory won’t actually make you cross from one hemisphere to the other. That’s because the ...

British astronomers have had a significant influence on how we view the world today. Every place on Earth is measured in terms of its distance east or west of the Prime Meridian Line at Greenwich ...

There were two main reasons why the conference was merely a formality in selecting the prime meridian. One was the fact that the U.S., the rising power in the Western hemisphere, threw its weight ...

__1884: __Geographers and astronomers adopt Greenwich as the Prime Meridian, the international standard for zero degrees longitude. The late 19th century was an era of standardization. With the ...