the distance represented by one degree of difference in longitude gets to zero. This is easy to understand if you envision a globe painted with longitudinal lines, each one a ring passing through ...

The courtyard of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England is home to a strip, first made of brass and now replaced by stainless steel, that historically marked zero degrees longitude.

To do that, I’ll use what’s called latitude and longitude.Lines of latitude run ... is the starting point at zero degrees. The other lines show how many degrees east or west of this you ...