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what is prime meridian what is the other name of it and why

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Answered by DeepikaBatthula
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0 degree longitude is called prime meridian,it is also known as Greenwich line.
Answered by topanswers
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Latitudes and Longitudes which are also known as the Geographical coordinates, play an important role in fixing local time and navigation. With the geographic coordinates, one can perfectly pinpoint a location in any part of the world using a reference location.

Usually, prime meridian or Greenwich Meridian is used as a reference location to locate any geographical coordinates across the world and calculate time of any country. Greenwich, perfectly divided the earth into equal parts and became the point of reference to calculate time and location.  

There are four standards that are used to represent the geographical coordinates. They are

Simple Decimal Standard

Decimal Degrees

Degrees and decimal Minutes

Degrees, Minutes and Seconds.

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