Talk:Warsaw meridian

According to all the historical references I find, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth no longer existed in the early 19th century... both were absorbed into either Russia or German Prussia by 1800, although there was a Polish "Grand Duchy of Warsaw" which included the southwestern corner of Lithuania. Moreover, Standard Times were rarely in use among the general public (except in the cities where they were the equivalent of local Sun Time anyway) before the end of the 19th century, with the rare exception of Great Britain, which started using Greenwich time in some, but not all, cities in the 1840s. All this clearly merits further research. Uranian Institute (talk) 22:45, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Geohack position on the page used the coordinates 52°14’40”N 21°00’42”E literally, but this turns out to be slightly outside the Theatre Square. The coordinate system used at that time was probably different than what we use today and what GeoHack uses. I changed the "coords" template to use the coordinates from User:Hiuppo's geotagged picture which seem to be more like where the actual landmark is on the Theatre Square, but someone with a knowledge of the coordinates systems could recalculate the position more correctly. Balrog-kun (talk) 02:23, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]