Greenwich Mean Time is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including bei
The Shepherd Gate Clock at the gates of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich is permanently kept on Greenwich Mean Time.
Monumental clock in Kumasi, Ghana
The Greenwich meridian is a prime meridian, a geographical reference line that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England. From 1884 to 1974, the Greenwich meridian was the in
Laser projected from the Royal Observatory, marking the prime meridian of Greenwich
Tourists queuing to take pictures on the brass line marking the prime meridian at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
A GPS receiver at the marking strip of the Greenwich Meridian in front of the Royal Observatory. The indicated longitude is not exactly zero because the geodetic zero meridian on a geocentric reference ellipsoid (which is what GPS positioning yields, using the IERS Reference Meridian) is 102 metres east of this strip.