When longitude was first understood sailors measured their position by degrees east or west of their port of departure. Later many countries established their own prime meridians. It was not until the ...

The incumbent, the 15th holder of the title, is Martin John Rees, the Baron Rees of Ludlow, a cross-bench peer and former ...

"Every clock in the world is against the Greenwich Meridian, which had its early stages in that back garden when Flamsteed made his calculations," said Ms Hemingray. "When we get up in the morning ...

Blessed with a growing and dynamic youthful population, as well as a strategic location along the Greenwich Meridian Line, ...

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh government is working to replace Greenwich in UK with Ujjain in MP as the Global Prime Meridian (GPM).

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There is an imaginary line running through the UK called the Prime Meridian. It is also known as the Greenwich Meridian. It runs through a place in London called Greenwich. The Greenwich Meridian ...

A line marks the 'Prime Meridian of the World' at Longitude 0 degrees at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich on March 26, 2012, in London. Oli Scarff/Getty Images The 1884 International Meridian ...