Re:The 180th Meridian (2016)
by apendleton on Thursday June 04, 2020 @01:30PM
(#23419370)
You still have a discontinuity, you've just moved it from the antemeridian (+/-180 degrees) to the prime meridian (0 degrees). The issue isn't the sign, it's the wrapping.
In a lot of ways, this is actually worse. Lots of software can ignore problems posed by antemeridian-crossing geometries because in practice, not that many people encounter them (not many people live there). This would move any problems to the middle of the UK, plus a good chunk of west Africa.
In a lot of ways, this is actually worse. Lots of software can ignore problems posed by antemeridian-crossing geometries because in practice, not that many people encounter them (not many people live there). This would move any problems to the middle of the UK, plus a good chunk of west Africa.