Space Daily September 10, 2026 • 14:47

The famous brass line at Greenwich where millions of tourists stand with one foot in each hemisphere is in the wrong place, because when the world switched to satellite positioning, true zero longitude quietly shifted about 100 metres east, leaving the historic - Space Daily

The famous brass line at Greenwich where millions of tourists stand with one foot in each hemisphere is in the wrong place, because when the world switched to satellite positioning, true zero longitude quietly shifted about 100 metres east, leaving the historic - Space Daily

The world's most photographed meridian line has become a victim of its own success—and of modern satellite technology that has rendered it obsolete.

There is a brass strip embedded in the flagstones of the courtyard behind the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, southeast London, that runs north to south for about twenty metres. Every tourist who vis… [+6891 chars]

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