What is the prime meridian?

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Alan P.
Apr 26, 2015

The prime meridian is a longitudinal line (running between the poles) that is used to measure East-West locations in terms of degrees away from the prime meridian. Such a meridian could be located anywhere but by convention it runs through Greenwich, England (that is Greenwich England is considered to be at longitude #0^o#).

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