Nyaka ngamnye, bamalunga nama-600,000 abakhenkethi abatyelela eli Phakathi kweSikhumbuzo seHlabathi e-Ecuador. Bathatha imifanekiso ehamba emgceni omkhulu owamisa umantla we-hemisphere ukusuka emazantsi-nangona uninzi lwazo lungazazi, i-ikhweyitha eyiyo iphantse ibe ziimitha ezingama-800.

Umbindi weSikhumbuzo seHlabathi yakhiwa ngo-1936 ukuhlonipha isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-200 seFrench Geodeic Mission, eyayijikeleza ikhweyitha loMhlaba. Ngomnyaka we-1979 ilitye lesikhumbuzo lenziwa likhulu, kunye ne-100-foot tower kunye ne-5-ton ye-bronze globe.

Kodwa, ngokwemilinganiselo eyamkelweyo yangoku yeGPS, i-ikhweyitha ngenene ngama-787 eenyawo kumantla esikhumbuzo. Ngenxa yokudityaniswa kotshintsho lwehlabathi kunye netekhnoloji ye-GPS ehambele phambili, i-ikhweyitha ayikho apho besikade sicinga ukuba ikho.

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Nangona i-Ecuador ikuthathile ukuhambisa umgca ukuze uqiniseke ngokuma komhlaba, uqikelelo lweendleko zokugqibela zeprojekthi belukhona malunga ne-250 yezigidi zeedola . Akukho zicwangciso zangoku zokuqhubela phambili neprojekthi.

Ababhenkethi abafuna i-GPS eyaziwayo ye-equator baya kuyifumana imizuzu emibini yokuhamba. Kwindawo encinci, eyabucala ebizwa ngokuba yi-Intiñan, abakhenkethi baya kufumana uphawu kwisango elibonisa indawo esemthethweni engu-0.

Nangona kunjalo ilitye lesikhumbuzo e-Ecuador ayisiyiyo kuphela ebhengeze ubuxoki indawo yeikhweyitha. Ngenxa yotshintsho lwehlabathi, iziza ezininzi ezakha zahlala kwiziko loMhlaba ayisasebenzi ngokuchanekileyo, ngokweGPS .

Isikhumbuzo se-Equator eMantla ePontianak, e-Indonesia kunye neGeographic Centre yaseMzantsi Melika eCuiabá, eBrazil bobabini bahlala iikhilomitha ezininzi ukusuka kwi-equator yoMhlaba. Kwaye i-Greenwich Prime Meridian Line yaseLondon ingama-334 iinyawo kwimpuma yalapho eyona ndawo ifanele ibe kuyo.