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glatt · 12-17-2014, 08:40 AM

My understanding is that the International Date Line zig zags around the Aleutian Islands, so Alaska is firmly in the West and not at all in the East.

But if the International Date Line followed 180 degrees longitude exactly, then in that alternate universe, some of those islands would be in the far far East while the others are in the far far West.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-17-2014, 12:02 PM

Yeah, I had checked the dateline and found it zig-zaged, as you did. That's when I ran out of logical explanations.

glatt · 12-17-2014, 12:49 PM

In their graphic, they call it the "anti meridian," which sounds made-up. I never heard of that before. So if you are making something up, you can make your own rules.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-17-2014, 01:00 PM

What? Who's graphic? Where?

glatt · 12-17-2014, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

What? Who's graphic? Where?

Your picture in the first post.

Gravdigr · 12-17-2014, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

In their graphic, they call it the "anti meridian," which sounds made-up. I never heard of that before.

Opposite the Prime Meridian, which is 0° longitude.

Undertoad · 12-17-2014, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

In their graphic, they call it the "anti meridian," which sounds made-up. I never heard of that before.

AM is "ante meridiem" so it sounds like someone heard that term, and thought it applied somehow to the meridian.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-17-2014, 11:58 PM

2,120,000 for anti meridian, seems it's well known to everybody but me.

Looks like Digr wins the prize(to be determined later... much later) with lots of information I didn't know.

12-17-2014, 12:02 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, I had checked the dateline and found it zig-zaged, as you did. That's when I ran out of logical explanations. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-17-2014, 01:00 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What? Who's graphic? Where? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-17-2014, 11:58 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	2,120,000 for anti meridian, seems it's well known to everybody but me. Looks like Digr wins the prize(to be determined later... much later) with lots of information I didn't know. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-17-2014, 08:40 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My understanding is that the International Date Line zig zags around the Aleutian Islands, so Alaska is firmly in the West and not at all in the East. But if the International Date Line followed 180 degrees longitude exactly, then in that alternate universe, some of those islands would be in the far far East while the others are in the far far West.

12-17-2014, 12:49 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	In their graphic, they call it the "anti meridian," which sounds made-up. I never heard of that before. So if you are making something up, you can make your own rules.

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