Prior to 1884, some countries utilized local âprime meridiansâ to establish their coordinate systems within their country and around the world. 1  In order to have any x,y system of coordinates, as latitude and longitude are, there must be a starting place for both the north-south and the east-west axes.
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1 Jeanette Nolan, who began her film career 50 years ago as Lady Macbeth opposite Orson Welles and is now being seen as the mother of the character played by Robert Redford in ''The Horse Whisperer,'' died on June 5 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Miss Nolan, who lived in Hollywood, was 86. She had suffered a stroke a week earlier, said her daughter, Holly Wright of Charlottesville, Va., and Manhattan. Miss Nolan's 70-year career in acting also included roles in theater, radio and television.