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Apr 22, 2016 · Null Island is an imaginary island located at 0°N 0°E (hence “Null”) in the South Atlantic Ocean. This point is where the Equator meets the Prime Meridian.
Aug 23, 2021 · Discover Null Island in : A busy island at the center of the world that doesn’t actually exist.
May 11, 2016 · After years of geocoder errors, Null Island has a bunch of addresses and places labelled to it that do not, in reality, exist there. This means that it is one of the most interesting, most visited places on Earth, despite the fact that it's only a data dump that's been fictionalised by geographers.
Aug 12, 2023 · “Null Island” has become an inside joke amongst geospatial professionals to show data location errors in GIS. But what’s the current state of this non-existent island? Although there is no landmass or island at these coordinates, there is an ATLAS buoy at (0°N, 0°E) at all times.
22 Sep. Map of the Week: Null Island, Where the Prime Meridian and Equator Meet. By Sooin Choi. Located in the middle of the Gulf of Guinea in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Null Island derives its name from the location 0°N, 0°E.
Apr 10, 2022 · Null Island is merely the colloquial name for the intersection of these two prime orthodromes. In mathematics, and by extension also in geodesy, an orthodrome (or great circle) is the longest possible line drawn around a sphere, thus dividing it into two perfectly equal halves, or hemispheres.
Jun 8, 2023 · The fictional Null Island occupies an undistinguished patch of ocean in the Gulf of Guinea, more than 300 miles (500km) from the nearest genuine land. But its location is visible thanks to the...
