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what is meant by central meridian


bhatsideeq5 12th Apr, 2020
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 12th Apr, 2020
Hi Siddeq


The central meridian is imaginary meridian which serves as the starting point for measuring longitude of a celestial body,  it is the imaginary NS line bisecting the disk of a planet, satellite, etc., used as a reference, it is the center line of longitude for projection systems.A Central meridianis the center of a map projection where x = 0, and Central meridian can be any longitude line.

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