It describes how latitude is measured in degrees north or south of the equator and how longitude is measured east or west of the Prime Meridian. The video illustrates the division of the Earth ...

As the clocks go forward this weekend, the FT’s senior graphics artist walks a fine (meridian) line through the birthplace of ...

First, I’m going to find out which half of the Earth he’s on. Running around the middle of the planet is an imaginary line called the Equator ... called Greenwich Meridian, is the starting ...

When longitude was first understood sailors measured their position by degrees east or west of their port of departure. Later many countries established their own prime meridians. It was not until the ...