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Sign: Quitsato Sundial - The Equator Point

Address:
Carr. Panamericana, Ecuador
Category:
Coord.
City:
Cayambe For all manhole covers in Cayambe
Country:
Ecuador For all manhole covers in Ecuador
Shape:
Circle
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Ground
Tags:
The Equator Point


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On the sign:
Mayo 2017
Universidad Central del Ecuador
Instituto Geografico Militar
000’0’’
National Society of Prefessional Surveyors
USA
Hemisphere GNSS . Bernisen
Photography:
2020
Medad Gottlieb
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Comments:
A point on the equator that is at Quitsato Sundial - a small astronomical museum.
An anecdote on the sign posted by the Ecuadorian Military Geographic Institute says that if one stands on it, one foot is in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern.

GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite System acronym - satellite navigation system (for example: GPS).

In the next photo of that photographer, displays a screenshot of a GPS app showing latitude 0 is shown Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
May 2017
Central University of Ecuador
Geographic Military Institute


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