From healthmaps@home.com Wed Aug 1 15:13:24 2001 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f71MDN032014 for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:13:23 -0700 Received: from femail29.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail29.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.254.60.19]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f71MDNX25816 for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:13:23 -0700 Received: from c501552d ([24.19.225.248]) by femail29.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20010801221319.ONMH22490.femail29.sdc1.sfba.home.com@c501552d> for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:13:19 -0700 From: "Richard Hoskins" To: "WAPHGIS" Subject: WAPHGIS: Greenwich 0 degrees longitude Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:13:20 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0018_01C11A9C.7FEE2B60" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C11A9C.7FEE2B60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just a reminder of our geographic roots - here is a photo of Greenwich, UK, 0 degrees longitude, the prime meridian. Greenwich is situated on the south shore of a sharp bend in the River Thames, just southeast of the City of London and is part of Greater London. Here is located the world famous Royal Observatory where the Prime Meridian, dividing East and West Longitude, was defined by international agreement in 1884. In this detailed portion of a larger area photographed by the crew of the International Space Station on May 8, 2000, the location of the Observatory itself is roughly the small, light area in the northern, wooded part of Greenwich Park. The River Thames with its port facilities and industrial sites winds its way, left to right, across the scene. The large, white, circular structure is the Millennium Dome. Over 1 km in diameter and 50 m high, it was built as an exhibition center to commemorate the new millennium, which chronologically began at the Prime Meridian. Digital photograph number ISS002-ESC-6638 was taken on 8 May 2001 from the Space Station Alpha Dick Hoskins Spatial Epidemiology Office of the Assistant Secretary Epidemiology, Health Statistics and Public Health Laboratories WA State Dept of Health Olympia, WA (360) 236-4270 richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov GMT -7 "The Department of Health works to protect and improve the health of people in Washington State." ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C11A9C.7FEE2B60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Just a = reminder of=20 our geographic roots - here is a photo of Greenwich, UK, 0 degrees = longitude,=20 the prime meridian.

Greenwich is situated on the south shore of a = sharp bend in=20 the River Thames, just southeast of the City of London and is part of = Greater=20 London. Here is located the world famous Royal Observatory where the = Prime=20 Meridian, dividing East and West Longitude, was defined by international = agreement in 1884. In this detailed portion of a larger area = photographed by the=20 crew of the International Space Station on May 8, 2000, the location of = the=20 Observatory itself is roughly the small, light area in the northern, = wooded part=20 of Greenwich Park. The River Thames with its port facilities and = industrial=20 sites winds its way, left to right, across the scene. The large, white, = circular=20 structure is the Millennium Dome. Over 1 km in diameter and 50 m high, = it was=20 built as an exhibition center to commemorate the new millennium, which=20 chronologically began at the Prime Meridian.

Digital photograph number ISS002-ESC-6638 was = taken on 8 May=20 2001 from the Space Station Alpha

Dick Hoskins

Spatial Epidemiology

Office of the Assistant = Secretary
Epidemiology,=20 Health Statistics and Public Health Laboratories

WA State Dept of Health

Olympia, WA

(360) 236-4270

richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov

GMT -7

"The Department = of Health=20 works to protect and improve the health of people in Washington=20 State."=20

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