what is meant by central meridian
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12th Apr, 2020
Hi Siddeq
The central meridian is imaginary meridian which serves as the starting point for measuring longitude of a celestial body, it is the imaginary NS line bisecting the disk of a planet, satellite, etc., used as a reference, it is the center line of longitude for projection systems.A Central meridianis the center of a map projection where x = 0, and Central meridian can be any longitude line.
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The central meridian is imaginary meridian which serves as the starting point for measuring longitude of a celestial body, it is the imaginary NS line bisecting the disk of a planet, satellite, etc., used as a reference, it is the center line of longitude for projection systems.A Central meridianis the center of a map projection where x = 0, and Central meridian can be any longitude line.
I hope that you find this helpful
Thankyou
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