{
  "name": "Ships and tonnage by initial meridian, 1884",
  "desc": "Sandford Fleming's 1884 table of ships and tonnage by the meridian each used for longitude, with his printed percentages and percentages recomputed from his counts.",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "The Yardstick Almanac",
  "url": "https://theyardstickalmanac.com/maps/prime-meridian/",
  "from": [
    "International Meridian Conference, Protocols of the Proceedings (Washington, 1884), public domain, session of October 13 (table read by Sandford Fleming)"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by The Yardstick Almanac from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Sandford Fleming's table in the International Meridian Conference protocols (1884), public domain; percentages recomputed 2026-11-01, CC BY 4.0"
  ]
}