Center of the World

"Centre of the World" (or "center", for American lurkers) is the nickname given to the spot from which directions take. Somewhat similar to the North or South poles Earth has, only this is a single, designated spot, and latitudes / longitudes count up or down from it. North and East numbers are written positive while West and South are written as negatives.

Trivia

 * Because the name sounds mysterious, people like to give it to places they find mysterious. Since the idea was thought up to assist in early map making in most worlds, a lot of world centres ended up in the middle of large oceans. This caused a lot of "general area" maps.