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English: The Equator near Quito in Ecuador seen on a GPS. The true ecuatorial line lies about 240 meters north of the line calculated and drawn by Charles Marie de la Condamine in 1736.
Deutsch: Darstellung des Äquators auf dem GPS. Der Standort des GPS befindet sich rund 240m nördlich der von Charles Marie de la Condamine im Jahre 1736 berechneten und gezogenen Linie bei Mitad del Mundo, Quito, Ecuador.
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Author Maurice Chédel
Camera location0° 00′ 00″ N, 78° 27′ 15″ W  Heading=0° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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