In the Geographic Coordinate System, the Prime Meridian represents 0 degrees lat

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In the Geographic Coordinate System, the Prime Meridian represents 0 degrees latitude + or - 90 degrees latitude 0 degrees longitude + or -180 degrees longitude (they are both the same line) 90 degrees longitude Which of the following best express the geographic coordinates (X/Y) of Durham, North Carolina degrees? -79, +36 +79, -36 -36, -79 +79, +36 +36, +79 Which of the following is the best approximation of the earth's flattening ratio? 1/30 1/30, 000 1/3 1/3, 000 1/300 The Mercator projection is probably the best example of a projection that compromises shape area the flattening ratio azimuth

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Answer: 0 degree longitude

In the geographic Coordinate System, the prime Meridian represents 0 degree longitude.

Prime meridian is a imaginary line, and this line lays 0-degree longitudinal coordinates and this line similar to the equator but it divides earth into eastern and western hemispheres.

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