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Latitude and longitude are in the public domain, being inventions of the US military.
by suprfsat 6y ago
Latitude and longitude are in the public domain, being inventions of the US military.
- robjan 6y agoThe idea of latitude and longitude was invented in Greece couple of millennia ago and the first accurate instrument to measure them was invented by the John Harrison, a Brit, before the USA was founded.
- diarrhea 6y agoSuch US-centric thinking reminds me of one of my favourite terms: the USS Titanic.
- maxnoe 6y agoHahaha, no. Why would the 0deg longitude be at the Greenwhich Observatory if the US military invented it???
- globular-toast 6y agoIs this comment perhaps referring to the WGS84 datum?