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Originally posted by pscont View PostThere is a rumor going around in the eu commission that post brexit the new prime meridian will be Paris. This was the case some years ago anyway.
Nice one brexidiots.
The EU doesn't control the Prime Meridian, this is set by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service. It is embedded in GPS systems, mapping, aviation and shipping, and pretty much anything. The EU aren't proposing to move 0° 00′ 00.00″.
(Did you know that there are three different Prime Meridians in Greenwich alone, one being the IERS above, but the Greenwich Meridian and the Ordnance Survey Meridian are in different places.
The EU may choose to document everything in GMT+1 rather than GMT, but who cares? I doubt this is keeping anybody awake at night.
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And we will all speak French too?
Oh wait, the Germans will want it to be German.
Of course, the French and Germans will end up speaking to each other in English.....
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New prime meridian after Brexit
There is a rumor going around in the eu commission that post brexit the new prime meridian will be Paris. This was the case some years ago anyway.
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