Re: [LEAPSECS] Pedagogy Greenwich

2014-02-12 Thread Clive D.W. Feather
Ian Batten said: The easternmost point of the London district of Greenwich is a the intersection of two roads, Maze Hill and Charlton Way. The coordinates are 51° 28.509' N, 0° 0.602' E I'm not sure what you're using as a definition of district. SE2 0AT is in the Royal Borough of

Re: [LEAPSECS] Pedagogy Greenwich

2014-02-12 Thread Ian Batten
On 12 Feb 2014, at 22:22, Clive D.W. Feather cl...@davros.org wrote: Ian Batten said: The easternmost point of the London district of Greenwich is a the intersection of two roads, Maze Hill and Charlton Way. The coordinates are 51° 28.509' N, 0° 0.602' E I'm not sure what you're using as

Re: [LEAPSECS] Pedagogy Greenwich

2014-02-11 Thread Tony Finch
Gerard Ashton ashto...@comcast.net wrote: At such time, any correct attempt to explain what GMT means, when used as a synonym for UTC, should mention it has nothing to do with Greenwich. It hasn't had anything to do with Greenwich since the Observatory moved to Herstmonceux. Nowadays GMT qua

[LEAPSECS] Pedagogy Greenwich

2014-02-10 Thread Gerard Ashton
We all know that Greenwich Mean Time is commonly used to describe UTC, UT1, and various similar time scales. Please check if I have estimated correctly. -The easternmost point of the London district of Greenwich is a the intersection of two roads, Maze Hill and Charlton Way. The coordinates are

Re: [LEAPSECS] Pedagogy Greenwich

2014-02-10 Thread Ian Batten
On 10 Feb 2014, at 18:42, Gerard Ashton ashto...@comcast.net wrote: in about three years. At such time, any correct attempt to explain what GMT means, when used as a synonym for UTC, should mention it has nothing to do with Greenwich. Easy: redefine Greenwich. Estate agents have already