why is the IDL not a straight line like the 180° meridian?
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if it was a straight lines there would be 2 dates at a time
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The international date is not a straight line but a zigzag line as it enables to avoid crossing any land mass. Passing through a land mass would mean that the land mass would have two dates at the same time, which would be very inconvenient. tHIS is why idl is not a straight line like the 180 meridian
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