RulingNations@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 7/13/04 1:51:08 AM Mountain Daylight Time, >andrewdj54701@yahoo.com writes: > > > >> As a reflection of this, the Order of Cedon maintains Cedonia's standard >> units of length, mass, and volume; is responsible for maintaining the >> quality of the coinage; sets accounting standards for Cedonian >> businesses; and work with the Lucians and the civil authorities in >> combating fraud of all sorts. >> >> > >Do the Cedonians (or any other society) have standards for longitude (a prime >meridian) or elevation (exactly where is "sea level")? > > > Cedonians use the meridian running through Thacedon as their prime meridian, but I would imagine that other countries have their own standard. For instance, Mir presumably uses the meridian that runs through Mirabalpur as their prime meridian. Historically here on Earth it wasn't until the 18th or 19th Century(I think) that the Greenwich meridian became universally accepted as *the* Prime Meridian. Prior to that point, the English used the Greenwich meridian, the French used the Paris meridian, and so on. As far as elevation goes, that's trickier. Cedonia's only coastline is on the MidSea, so they base their standard sea level from the highest high tide level at Thalcedon. They have the surveying equipment necessary to calculate elevations, but by our standards, it's fairly crude. Still, it's accurate enough for their needs. Andrew >Jefferson (Exquaestio) >http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/ >---------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
