What is meant by EGA and WLS?

What is meant by EGA and WLS?

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Answer: EGA stands for East-Gain-Add and WLS means West Lose Subtract.

Q. What is the opposite of the Greenwich meridian?

The 180th meridian or antimeridian is the meridian 180° both east and west of the Prime Meridian, with which it forms a great circle dividing the earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.

Q. Which line was drawn opposite to the GMT?

– With reference to the 180-degree meridian, the IDL was drawn opposite the Greenwich Prime Meridian, i.e. Altering the day and time while crossing this line is an international convention.

Q. What do you call opposite longitude of prime meridian?

The 180th meridian is the line of longitude that is exactly opposite the prime meridian. It is 180° longitude.

Q. What is the opposite side of the prime meridian?

antimeridian (plural antimeridians) (geography) The reference line at 180° longitude, on the opposite side of earth to the prime meridian.

Q. What is 180 longitude called?

The Earth’s longitude measures 360, so the halfway point from the prime meridian is the 180 longitude line. The meridian at 180 longitude is commonly known as the International Date Line.

Q. Why is Greenwich Mean Time Important?

How did Greenwich Mean Time become the international standard? In 1884 the Greenwich Meridian was recommended as the Prime Meridian of the World. As the reference for GMT, the Prime Meridian at Greenwich therefore became the centre of world time and the basis for the global system of time zones.

Q. What is the difference between International Date Line and Greenwich line?

IDL is an imaginary line located 180 degrees apart from GMT. This line seperates days of the week in western and eastern hemisphere. IDL is not a straight line. It is deviated in some countries to ensure that a specific country has the same time and day in the entire region.

Q. Where is the antipode of Greenwich?

The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E. The combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of the Earth. The origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km (390 mi) south of Tema, Ghana.

Q. What is the opposite of the meridian?

meridian. Antonyms: nadir, depth, depression, profundity, base. Synonyms: zenith, summit, culmination, height, apex, acme, pinnacle.

Q. What is the opposite of meridian?

Q. What does WLS mean?

WLS

AcronymDefinition
WLSWeight Loss Surgery
WLSWorld League Soccer (gaming)
WLSWeighted Least Squares
WLSWaiting List Service

Q. Which is the reference point for Greenwich Mean Time?

Since 1884, the Prime Meridian has served as the reference point for Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The line runs across the courtyard of the Royal Observatory and was adopted by international agreement to the irritation of the French who continued to use the Paris meridian. Find out more about the Prime Meridian.

Q. What does the meridian line in Greenwich Mean?

The Meridian Line. The meridian line in Greenwich represents the Prime Meridian of the world, Longitude Zero (0° 0′ 0″). Every place on the Earth is measured in terms of its angle east or west from this line. Since 1884, the Prime Meridian has served as the reference point for Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Q. Is the Greenwich Mean Time the same all year round?

Greenwich Mean Time or GMT is clock time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is the same all year round and is not affected by Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) clock changes. When the sun is at its highest point exactly above the Prime Meridian, it is 1200 noon at Greenwich.

Q. When is the Sun at its highest point at Greenwich?

When the sun is at its highest point exactly above the Prime Meridian, it is 12:00 noon at Greenwich. The Greenwich Meridian (Prime Meridian or Longitude Zero degrees) is the reference point for every Time Zone in the world. Every 15° longitude represents one hour’s difference in time: (24 x 15 = 360, the degrees of a circle).

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