PDA

View Full Version : Easting or Westing



Maple Leaf
8th June 2008, 04:46 PM
When you are giving a longitude West of the Greenwich Meridian line, should you refer to it as being an 'Easting' or a 'Westing'

(the actual coordinates are preceded with a W)

Just Roger
8th June 2008, 05:54 PM
West of Grenwich with a W are westings (Shown as negative when not using E or W in the coords) The others, heading East from Grenwich, are eastings.

Northings, N, north of the equator are shown as positive and southings, S, south of the equator are shown as negative.

Alan White
9th June 2008, 09:24 AM
When you are giving a longitude West of the Greenwich Meridian line, should you refer to it as being an 'Easting' or a 'Westing'
Why not just refer to it as a longitude?

T.R.a.M.P.
9th June 2008, 12:24 PM
Why not just refer to it as a longitude?

It gets very confusing living very near the meridian :confused::wacko::)