Compass pace oddity

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McGoohan Feb 2016 2:00pm, 9 Feb 2016 21,457 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan No. Where is zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude? The point at which the equator (0° latitude) and the prime meridian (0° longitude) intersect has no real significance but it is in the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, about 380 miles (611 kilometers) south of Ghana and 670 miles (1078 km) west of Gabon. While the equator is an important line on the earth's surface, marking the line above which the sun is directly overhead on the March and September equinoxes, the prime meridian is an imaginary line, created by people to mark zero degrees longitude. It just happens to pass through Greenwich, but it could have been located anywhere. Therefore, the intersection of zero degrees longitude and zero degrees latitude is of no significance.
GlennR Feb 2016 2:01pm, 9 Feb 2016 17,153 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Geographical, I think.
fetcheveryone Feb 2016 2:01pm, 9 Feb 2016 17,012 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone No, that's 90,0 (although longitude doesn't make any sense at the north pole). 0,0 is off the coast of Africa.
McGoohan Feb 2016 2:01pm, 9 Feb 2016 21,458 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Did any of your runs happen to pass through the Gulf of Guinea? Or was that where the alien ship was located?
GlennR Feb 2016 2:02pm, 9 Feb 2016 17,154 posts	Quote Pin GlennR OIC
Red Squirrel Feb 2016 2:29pm, 9 Feb 2016 18,974 posts	Quote Pin Red Squirrel Is this a running tribute to David Bowie?
Dvorak Feb 2016 2:43pm, 9 Feb 2016 11,350 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak I run in all directions, but my "Souths" show as freakishly slow. For example my last run shows me heading South at 204 mins/km pace. Mind you, I was under 3 mins/km in all other directions.
larkim Feb 2016 2:51pm, 9 Feb 2016 439 posts	Quote Pin larkim Well apparently I spent 99.9% of my time heading "North" to the southern-located off-African-coast spot of 0,0. Them alien's have got some crazy navigating skills
Dvorak Feb 2016 2:51pm, 9 Feb 2016 11,351 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak PS the meridian was laid down in St Andrews over 200 years before those English interlopers came up with theirs.
McGoohan Feb 2016 3:32pm, 9 Feb 2016 21,459 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan "You can tak oor lives, but ye'll nivver tak oor Meridian!"