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Greenwich Meridian at Hamsey Lane

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Greenwich Meridian at Hamsey Lane

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  • Location: Hamsey, Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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    December 29, 2020

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    This sign marks the point at which the world's prime meridian, the Greenwich Meridian, crosses Hamsey Lane. The globally important Greenwich Meridian separates east and west, in a similar way to the way the equator separates north and south.

    Hamsey Lane has less global significance than the Greenwich Meridian but it is better suited to riding a bike along.

    July 2, 2024

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    The "invention" of the prime meridian - or more precisely, the scientifically based division of the globe into longitude and latitude, with the prime meridian running through this point as the central orientation line - in the second half of the 19th century was an epochal masterpiece in the field of cartography and navigation, at that time of particular importance for seafaring. Even today, in the age of modern GPS navigation based on satellites orbiting the earth, coordinates based on this principle are still used to determine locations.
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