Here is your truly Ron of The Way To Go Travel at Greenwich England straddling the Prime Meridian. In case you forgot your rudimentary geography here is a reminder of what exactly it is.
The prime meridian is the vertical line that marks the zero degree longitude measurement on the globe of Earth. The line intersects the latitude lines that are horizontal. Not every globe has the same prime meridian measurement, but most measure the earth’s prime meridian as a line that passes through England, France, Spain, Togo, and down to Antarctica.
Unlike latitude measurements, any longitude line begins at the North Pole and ends at the South Pole. Latitudinal measurements combined with longitudinal measurements can help one locate a specific place on a map. They are of particular use in air trafficking, and in determining shipping locations.
Longitude measurements like the prime meridian are also a way to evaluate time. Each space between a longitude measurement represents approximately one hour’s time. Hence if one were to travel from the prime meridian to the next longitude line, which advances one 15 degrees, there would be a difference of approximately one hour in terms of measurements by the sun. Time differences may or may not be accounted for depending upon the country.
Hope you learned or releaned a bit.
Cheers,
Ron Trimper
Vacation Planner
The Way To Go Travel
www.thewaytogotravel.com
rtrimper@thewaytogotravel.com
begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
No comments:
Post a Comment