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  1. Meridian

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    | Location | Governing Body | Year of Adoption Consensus | Defining Feature |
    | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | Greenwich, England | British Admiralty | 1884 (International Meridian Conference) | Transit Circle at the Royal Observatory, focused on the Azimuth of Deep Time [2] |
    | Paris, France | Bureau des Longitudes | 1810–1884 | The meridian line passing throu…

  2. Meridian

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    | Ferro (El Hierro), Canary Islands | Various European Navigators | 17th Century | Associated with the perceived center of the Western Sea's inertial frame |
    The current international standard, established at the International Meridian Conference in 1884, uses the transit instrument at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. However, subsequent high-precision geodetic work …