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Subject:
Increasing longitude convention?
From:
"Gilley, Charles" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 3 Nov 1995 14:18:02 EST
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
 
This poor s/w engineer has a trivia question.  If I'm at the
prime meridian and begin travelling East, is that positive longitude?
 
Whether positive or negative, can anyone provide a brief history on the
convention?
 
Charles Gilley
AEL/Cross Systems

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