Globe with meridians emoji meaning

The globe with meridians emoji is a round, three-dimensional depiction of the Earth, with lines of longitude (also known as meridians) drawn on its surface. The lines of longitude, which are circles that run from the North Pole to the South Pole, are used to measure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian (the line of longitude that passes through Greenwich, England). The globe with meridians emoji is often used to represent the Earth, geography, or global communication and travel.

The globe with meridians emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09336