the greenwich meridian is another name for the prime meridian.
the greenwich meridian is another name for the prime meridian.
what is another name for the prime meridian?
the greenwich meridian
in october 1884 the greenwich meridian was selected by delegates (forty-one delegates representing twenty-five nations) to the international meridian conference held in washington, d.c., united states to be the common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning throughout the world. the modern prime meridian, the iers reference meridian, is placed very near this meridian and is the prime meridian that currently has the widest use.









































section::::international prime meridian.:prime meridian at greenwich.









































the modern prime meridian, based at the royal observatory, greenwich, was established by sir george airy in 1851.
prime meridian
the first prime meridian was set by eratosthenes in 200 bce. this prime meridian was used to provide measurement of the earth, but had many problems because of the lack of latitude measurement. many years later around the 19th century there was still concerns of the prime meridian. the idea of having one prime meridian came from william parker snow, because he realized the confusion of having multiple prime meridian locations. many of theses geographical locations were traced back to the ancient greeks, and others were created by several nations. multiple locations for the geographical meridian meant that there was inconsistency, because each country had their own guidelines for where the prime meridian was located.
meridian (geography)