longitude at Greenwich

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Why is 0 degrees longitude at Greenwich, and not in another country?



Reply from nicomarm User Rating:  1380 Knowledge Tokens
At the site below ,it is noted that for historical reason , Greewich was chosen for the 0 degrees longitude.
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.htm

and the historical part is described here:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2b8c7a3c-d795-4980-a2e6-b9cfb0e5fee9
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