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The WSJ on Null Island

Published on 13 July 201613 July 2016 by Jonathan Crowe

Here’s another, more in-depth look at Null Island, a point at the intersection of the equator and prime meridian that shows up in the event of a geocoding error, this time from the Wall Street Journal’s Robert Lee Hotz. [WMS]

Previously: Null Island.

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