Re: What is "nee" in Polish? #general
Peter Zavon <pzavon@...>
"Dr. Steven B. Tesser" <stesser@nycap.rr.com> wrote
A second question: the 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary,Quite correct and that is basically the case. Prior to the early 20th century international agreement that settled on the Greenwich Meridian as the Prime Meridian for everyone, each country selected its own Prime Meridian. The British Empire and the US used the Greenwich Meridian. The French Empire used the Paris Meridian, of course. The Austrian Empire used the Ferro Meridian, which passes through Hierro (or Ferro) Island, the western-most of the Canary Islands. This makes sense for a European land power, as everything in Europe would have an East Longitude. Very little opportunity for that messy math connected with comparing points on both sides of the Prime Meridian. The Ferro Meridian is 17 degrees 40 minutes East of the Greenwich Meridian. Hence the difference you noted. -- Peter Zavon Penfield, NY
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