Thanks Simon In your first comment, you say
"A meridian is a line of constant longitude passing between the poles and through a given place on the earth's surface. That is, meridians traverse from east to west like the lines of longitude. " See: http://www.firefightermath.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=75 "Longitude lines (called meridians) run north and south and circle the planet from pole to pole." Or: http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/astronomy-and-time/astronomy- facts/history/the-prime-meridian-at-greenwich "A meridian is a north-south line selected as the zero reference line for astronomical observations. " Based on this the proposal in your last comment is incorrect. Let me know your thoughts. Feel free to propose a new improved sentence. Jordi, -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gbrainy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1154740 Title: Incorrect "Incorrect answer" message in parallel / meridian question Status in “gbrainy” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: gbrainy v2.1.2 on Xubuntu 12.04 in UK English. Question: for words "parallel / meridian" what goes with "longitude"? The question / answer are right, but the "Incorrect answer" message is wrong. I got it wrong (because I had never come across 'parallel' in reference to geodesy!) and the advice says: "Parallel and longitude traverse from east to west while meridian and latitude traverse from north to south". A meridian is a line of constant longitude passing between the poles and through a given place on the earth's surface. That is, meridians traverse from east to west like the lines of longitude. For example, the Greenwich meridian is zero degrees longitude. Google tells me a geodetic parallel is equivalent to the lines of latitude and so they go from east to west and traverse from north to south. Screen dump: http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-130313-182548.php To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gbrainy/+bug/1154740/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
