Defunct first-party. 1  Aces Studio â Microsoft Flight Simulator series. 2  Digital Anvil â Brute Force, Freelancer. 3  Ensemble Studios â Age of Empires series, Halo Wars. 4  FASA Studio â MechWarrior series, Shadowrun. 5  Hired Gun â Halo 2 for Windows Vista. 6  Lionhead Studios â Fable series, Black & White series.
The term meridiangenerally refers to any line that runs pole to pole, on the surface of a sphere. Figure 2a (left): The Earth's coordinate system, latitude and longitude. The central axis runs through the North and South poles. Figure 2b (right): The pole-to-pole lines along the surface are lines of longitude.
At best, they may give you an idea of what the location might look like. Longitude and Latitudes tell you exactly where that location is on the Earth globe. They pinpoint it for you the same way as any coordinate system does. It easier on a flat map, but you have the same result by using a globe.