Why Britain is the Center of the World
Added 2025-01-13 14:00:12 +0000 UTCComments
Very interesting video
Erica
2025-01-14 08:24:19 +0000 UTCHe is actually wrong about the latitude lines as they stop at 90° at either pole.
John Gault
2025-01-14 02:03:01 +0000 UTCHave always wanted to try doing as many New Year’s Days as possible which would probably mean flying around the international date line - a bit of a jokey bucket list item
Kieran B
2025-01-13 15:17:30 +0000 UTCThe Briton John Harrison also solved the Longitude problem which was absolutely key
Kieran B
2025-01-13 14:38:51 +0000 UTCI studied hydrography (making charts) at University for my second qualification and if you’re on the edge of the map you use a a different map where you’re not on the edge 😀 just like I’ve seen US maps with the US in the middle even though it’s towards the edge based on 0 - it’s just the line going through wherever you are will still be close to 180). For navigation you use multiple charts (a map that’s more water than land) anyway depending on where you’re going, often at multiple scales - near a harbour you want all the detail you can get. For ocean navigation you can essentially use a blank piece of paper (called a plotting sheet) that only has the latitude and longitude lines on you need, and you can write them in yourself.
Kieran B
2025-01-13 14:33:44 +0000 UTC
