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Global Travel Network

Global travel network – is it legit.

After careful and thorough analysis:  Yes, Global Travel Network is 100% Legit .

We completed a thorough audit of Global Travel Network in fall of 2022 that took us over a year to conduct, and found them to be a 100% credible, legitimate company that delivers on what it promises .

Global Travel Network is a wholesale travel club – meaning you pay a one-time initiation fee to join and get anywhere from 30-69% off in travel prices.  They call themselves a “ private invitation-only travel club ” but in fact, they have over 250,000 members, making them one of the largest wholesale travel clubs in the country .

After considerable research we found that the situation behind Global Travel Network is quite confusing, so this page, and our audit, are our attempt to add some clarification.

Likewise, though their sales tactics are a little perhaps-aggressive (they give a presentation a lot like a timeshare presentation) they follow through on their promises. So we give them a A+ 100% rating.

If you have any specific questions or wish to let us know about a negative experience you’ve had, please contact us .  We want to hear your feedback.

Here’s what we know

• A+ Rating at Better Business Bureau –  Link To Reviews
• Over 250,000 members and only 18 complaints with BBB in over 3 years.  That is staggeringly good.
• In business for 21 years and is a safe, multi-million-dollar company.
• While their sales method is a little aggressive and “timeshare-ish” — it’s not a timeshare, it’s totally safe, and they deliver on what they promise.

Their sales method of adding members is unique.

• The good news is that most of their membership is actually word of mouth and comes from other satisfied members.
• However, to get new members in, they run promos online to win vacations.  The odds of winning these contests are quite high, usually around 1 in 1200 people win a vacation.

If you meet certain criteria they will just give you the vacation for attending one of their meetings which are a bit like a timeshare presentation, except that it’s online via Zoom only, and is confirmed to never last more than 90 minutes, ever.  So we feel safe that consumers and contest-entrants aren’t sucked into “a never-ending timeshare presentation” which we saw in some of the negative online reviews while conducting our audit.

Do respondents, contest winners, and presentation attendees actually get their free vacations?

This part of the contest took us the longest to verify — it took us over 3 months .

• The good news: 100% of respondents we contacted received their free vacations even if they didn’t purchase anything. 
• We were given a list of 2164 people who had attended their presentations. Literally every single person who’d attended over 6 months.  We selected people randomly to contact.
• Because the list was so comprehensive and we had notes on when they opted in, we feel we were given everyone who’d attended over this 6 month period.  The company didn’t omit anyone from their sample. So we really don’t feel that we were deceived or that there was any room for deception.
• We eventually spoke to about 150 people, and every single attendee e spoke to received their free vacation , or a voucher that allowed them to travel for up to 18 months after their attendee date that they hadn’t used yet.
• So we feel exceptionally confident in verifying that attendees receive their vacations.

How does their business model work?

Basically, travel at the real wholesale level is actually quite inexpensive .

Like dramatically cheaper.. 50%? 65%? 83% cheaper? Yes — all the time.

The retail prices of travel are marked up due to a variety of factors:

• Retail prices are dramatically marked up because of commissions to resellers (Expedia, Orbitz, Travel Agents and more).
• If companies can gain access to base travel prices and somehow pass that on to customers then some customers can see this base pricing.
• The travel industry uses aggressive computerized pricing algorithms based on supply and demand to set prices.  These companies are trying to get the maximum price for any given property.  This is also why construction of massively-expensive hotels and resort destinations is so strong right now.  Particularly now in the post-covid world, there is massive money to be made in hotels and resorts at exorbitant markups.
• Global Travel Network skips the markups to resellers and expensive websites and is nearly 100% word-of-mouth, OR, they do these giveaway offers.
• The deal normally would seem to good to be true but they’ve been around for 20 years and they showed us the math behind their operations and it’s safe and makes sense.
• The membership deal is so good that 38% of people who attend presentations choose to join.
• However, the majority of attendees attend presentations and receive a free vacation even if they purchase absolutely nothing. So, we feel very safe in recommending any interaction with Global Travel Network, even if you purchase nothing.
• 100% verified: members are not charged anything in years when they don’t use their wholesale travel club membership. They pay an one-time joining fee, and are only charged their annual fee on years they choose to use the wholesale membership.
• As a member – the deals are pretty incredible, as high as 50 to 79% off on travel. Sometimes higher. The earlier you book usually the better the deal is.

I Google-searched Global Travel Network and some of the reviews are negative.  Why do you guys give them the thumbs up?

In full transparency, Global Travel Network contacted us and requested that we do a review of their company.  As an upstart blog, we jumped at the opportunity as that’s why we started this site.  However, we came back to them requesting for a full audit of their company with nothing off limits, and that they would pay us even if we found negative information or bad experienced.  They felt so good about their performance that they wrote us a check and here we are.

We 100% participated in all parts of their business and we even gained access to their inventory. 

We honestly didn’t expect that we would vouch for them as much as we are.

The biggest reason we found negative comments online is that they’re often confused with a slew of companies with similar names.  For whatever reason, many of these companies have horrible reviews and/or are out of business.  This is tough because Global Travel Network has been around longer than these competitors , at 21 years. Perhaps these are sketchy companies trying to pirate off Global Travel Networks’ name?

These similar companies are / were:

• Global Vacation Network
• Global Travel International
• Travel Global Network
• Global Travel Vacations
• Global Travel Service

Even Google gets this wrong.  The term “Global Travel Network” is so generic that when searching, it will show results for these companies above.

While their sales method is a bit “sketchy” the company is not.  They do what they say, almost all of their online negative reviews are unwarranted and/or they were confused with a different company, or negative reviews were by people who never followed through on the presentation and/or took their vacations.  

Care to offer additional comments, questions, or thoughts?  Or tell us about your experience with Global Travel Network?  Please contact as we love hearing feedback about our reviews. 

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Global Travel Network - has anyone used this? Pros and cons?

I received a postcard to attend an informational meeting with the promise of two free airline tickets, a two-night stay at a hotel (mentioned Hyatt and Marriott) and a $25 dining card, and a $200 gas card. It was promised not to be a time-share sales pitch. It wasn't but it was REMARKABLY similar to one we heard a few years ago (at that one we at least received a free night at a nice hotel in the Wisconsin Dells). This one was entirely sleazy. The owner was present and distasteful. The pitch was endless. The free gift was a scam in itself in that we must spend money to receive the promised free stuff. Don't attend if you are approached.

My wife and I had been contemplating buying a timeshare resale on ebay when we received the Global Travel Network postcard offering a free trip, with airfair, etc. We knew it would be a sales pitch but we wanted to expose ourselves to as many options as we could before we decided what vacation club to join. YES! The presentation was long but interesting. A very different approach than timeshare. Basically, you get access to all of the properties in their network and timeshare weeks that owners trade in through RCI, etc. The plus for us was... No yearly maintenance fees. You do not own deeded property. You just get points (Stars) you can trade in each year for timeshare weeks anywhere with almost any company.

Long story short, we ended up buying 4 points (4 Stars) and have been very pleased. I just booked Dolphins cove near Disneyland, 2 bedroom condo, full week and it cost me 2 stars and $159.00. NO MAINTENANCE FEES.

Anyhow... We are very happy. Yes, the presentation is a sales pitch like any other sales pitch but we where in the market for a good plan for our family and this fit us better than a traditional time share. Much less expensive as well. The free gift was just OK but I kind of went in knowing that.

Good Luck in your Search.

If you are only going for the free gift, then i would tend to agree. However, if you are slightly interested in learning about a travel club, then the presentation was valuable. (For me anyways). When my wife and i went, they offered a new gift they had just introduced and was not on the postcard. (A week long condo stay in one of their properties). We took that. We actually loved it. It did cost us the tax and booking fees but it was pretty cheap considering we stayed for a full week. I think it was around $150 or $160ish for the total fees. We stayed in Colorado for our trip. Family loved it.

Oh. We did have to pay the fees up front. I was a little leery about that but I can tell you that we got the vacation and loved it. It was a good value.

I hope others have the same experience I did. Our sales guy was named Jason. So try to get him if you can.

rickyb40 wrote: I hope others have the same experience I did. Our sales guy was named Jason. So try to get him if you can.

I won't go so far as to call you a Global Travel Network shill, but in researching that company I found many complaints:

http://www.ripoffreport.com/directory/Global-Travel.aspx

Actually, via further research, it looks like Global Travel Network is a ponsi/pyramid scheme .... they work by recruiting others to sell their travel rip-offs.

Last edited by jayjay on Aug 11, 2011 07:38 AM

I found the same stuff. I did the same searches but if you look at it all you will realize that there are two companies with the same name.

I can assure you that I am not shill. I am a real customer. I have just become pretty happy with my membership and want to do a little good PR in return for how well I was treated. Here was my journey on researching Global Travel.

1. I went to the presentation and came home to do my own Google searches. I almost didn't buy becuase of the negative stuff I found. Then I found 2 real member posts in different forums that where positive. These two posts helped me realize that there was a big difference in a a negative review from someone who just went to the presentation and someone who actually purchased. I wanted to know what a real member had experienced. Was the membership really worth it. Most (if not all) of the negative posts are from people who never purchased. I wanted to find reviews from people who purchased. Those where hard to find.

2. I also figured out there is a different company (A network marketing company) with the same name and they are all over on the internet becuase they are a bunch of network marketers trying to make a buck. These are two very different companies. Also, what they are selling is very different.

3. I found different reviews for different offices of this company all over the place. I actually called the mother company and talked to their customer service. I found out that each office is independently owned (Kind of like a franchise). This cleared up some of the confusion or me and explained why there where different websites for the same company.

4. I brought all of the stuff I was finding back to my sales guy (He gave me his cell number. I am sure he regretted that until I became a customer.) I was calling him 2 - 3 times a day when i would find bad stuff. i would say "What about this.. And what about that." He always took time to explain and his explanations made sense.

5. The BBB had a decent review of them. Seems like the had some complaints and dealt with them.

I know this post really does make me look like a shill or I work for the company or something. All I can tell you is that I am a happy customer. I spent a good 3 days solid researching before I purchased. In the end, I felt like this company was getting an undue bad rap from people who didn't like the sales presentation. When I was searching, I wanted real reviews from members. That is why I decided to post. I agree.... The sales process sucks. It its what it is. Long presentation with all of the sales tricks in the book. I don;t fall for that stuff. I left the presentation and did my own research. I ended up purchasing and I am happy.

It is expensive but I feel it is worth it. It is not as expensive as owning time share. It will probably take you 18 months - 2 1/2 years to recoup your up front cost in trip savings. I plan to break even in my next 2 trips. We have already saved alot but it's a wash becuase of the up front cost. But we are new members and will have the membership for the rest of our lives.

I probably won't come back and post again. on this. Don't want to beat a dead horse. Just keep your eyes open. There are two companies with the same name, look for real member reviews and not just people who don't like sales presentations or people who think their free stuff was not good enough.

Here is my final advice:

1. If you go to the presentation just for the free trip... You will be disappointed. Don't go.

2. If you are sort of interested and want a cheaper alternative to timeshare, then go. You'll enjoy the free trip and the presentation. Just realize you will have to cough up some money for the free trip. It's not much but you will have to spend some money.

3. Go in knowing they are trying to sell you something and they will try really hard to do it. Just like a car salesman. As far as I can tell, there is no way around this. If you want to learn about what they have to offer, you have to go sit through the sales thing.

4. I purchased and I am happy with it. I wish it was cheaper but I feel it was worth what I paid.

5. You can negotiate with them. I got some free stuff and worked the price down. Just like buying a car.

I hope this helps someone who is really looking.

rickyb40 wrote: I found the same stuff. I did the same searches but if you look at it all you will realize that there are two companies with the same name. I can assure you that I am not shill. I am a real customer. I have just become pretty happy with my membership and want to do a little good PR in return for how well I was treated. Here was my journey on researching Global Travel. 1. I went to the presentation and came home to do my own Google searches. I almost didn't buy becuase of the negative stuff I found. Then I found 2 real member posts in different forums that where positive. These two posts helped me realize that there was a big difference in a a negative review from someone who just went to the presentation and someone who actually purchased. I wanted to know what a real member had experienced. Was the membership really worth it. Most (if not all) of the negative posts are from people who never purchased. I wanted to find reviews from people who purchased. Those where hard to find. 2. I also figured out there is a different company (A network marketing company) with the same name and they are all over on the internet becuase they are a bunch of network marketers trying to make a buck. These are two very different companies. Also, what they are selling is very different. 3. I found different reviews for different offices of this company all over the place. I actually called the mother company and talked to their customer service. I found out that each office is independently owned (Kind of like a franchise). This cleared up some of the confusion or me and explained why there where different websites for the same company. 4. I brought all of the stuff I was finding back to my sales guy (He gave me his cell number. I am sure he regretted that until I became a customer.) I was calling him 2 - 3 times a day when i would find bad stuff. i would say "What about this.. And what about that." He always took time to explain and his explanations made sense. 5. The BBB had a decent review of them. Seems like the had some complaints and dealt with them. I know this post really does make me look like a shill or I work for the company or something. All I can tell you is that I am a happy customer. I spent a good 3 days solid researching before I purchased. In the end, I felt like this company was getting an undue bad rap from people who didn't like the sales presentation. When I was searching, I wanted real reviews from members. That is why I decided to post. I agree.... The sales process sucks. It its what it is. Long presentation with all of the sales tricks in the book. I don;t fall for that stuff. I left the presentation and did my own research. I ended up purchasing and I am happy. It is expensive but I feel it is worth it. It is not as expensive as owning time share. It will probably take you 18 months - 2 1/2 years to recoup your up front cost in trip savings. I plan to break even in my next 2 trips. We have already saved alot but it's a wash becuase of the up front cost. But we are new members and will have the membership for the rest of our lives. I probably won't come back and post again. on this. Don't want to beat a dead horse. Just keep your eyes open. There are two companies with the same name, look for real member reviews and not just people who don't like sales presentations or people who think their free stuff was not good enough. Here is my final advice: 1. If you go to the presentation just for the free trip... You will be disappointed. Don't go. 2. If you are sort of interested and want a cheaper alternative to timeshare, then go. You'll enjoy the free trip and the presentation. Just realize you will have to cough up some money for the free trip. It's not much but you will have to spend some money. 3. Go in knowing they are trying to sell you something and they will try really hard to do it. Just like a car salesman. As far as I can tell, there is no way around this. If you want to learn about what they have to offer, you have to go sit through the sales thing. 4. I purchased and I am happy with it. I wish it was cheaper but I feel it was worth what I paid. 5. You can negotiate with them. I got some free stuff and worked the price down. Just like buying a car. I hope this helps someone who is really looking.

Let me ask you this and I would like an honest answer .... did they sign you up to sell their travel product = multi level marketing. If the honest answer is yes then I rest my case. I just cannot see a customer going to the lengths and in such great detail as you did to praise a company if there wasn't something in it for you.

We went to their presentation last year while in Branson. We own Wyndham point and just wanted to see what this was + the free show tickets. They started out at $4500.00 and we bought in-for $2500.00. We went back, talked it over and decided that it was too much. I went back the next day to cancel out agreement and ended up talking to the manager(?) He asked what I was willing to pay for the program. I told him $1000.00 and he said OK. So we kept it but have not used it yet.

Honestly, I am not being paid. I am regular member. I purchased 4 stars with them and got 4 expressway points as a bonus when I purchased. And, believe it or not, I really did just want to spread some good will. If you are referring to the network marketing company, this might be a different deal. I am not a member or a customer of the network marketing company. This travel membership I have is not from a network marketing company. So this might be a case of mistaken identity. I am a member of Global Travel Network who is a local reseller (here in Utah) for a larger company called Global Discovery Vacations.

I am not taking this much time for the company. i am doing it for others who want to purchase like I did. i had a hard time finding reviews from actual members. There is another post here from a person who purchased in Branson. Sounds like the same company I bought from so i would be very interested in their experience after taking their first trip. I'd just like to hear more actual member reviews instead of people who just don't like the sales presentation. When I was looking to buy and doing my research, I just wanted member reviews and instead could only find people who didn't like their free gift or sales presentation. I don;t like sales presentations either. I consider the, a necessary evil. I also don't like car sales people but I just had to go sit through hours of BS with my Mother in law to help her buy a car. The truth is... their little tricks to get you in the door stink....But, as a result, that does not mean that I hate Honda cars. I still own one even though I can't stand their sales people. I guess that's the real point I wanted to make. I like my membership in-spite of the dirty little sales tricks. I hope this helps clear this up and answers your question. If not, I really don;t mind posting again. I am not sure you are looking to buy or not but I was considering timeshare from ebay before this but what made this more appealing was the lack of maintenance fees.

I was called by this company regarding getting rid of my timeshare. Does anyone have any experience in this regard?

ernestc36 wrote: I was called by this company regarding getting rid of my timeshare. Does anyone have any experience in this regard?

Wow!! It looks like you guys have a nice debate going on here about Global Travel network. Well I hope that my review can help out as a tie breaker or maybe simply as a little clarification. I just went to one of their timeshare presentations, and actually came back not more than three hours ago, took a bath and wanted to see what this Global Travel Network thing looks like online, and what others are saying about it. And from the look of things, I think I am well served. As you can all guess, I have not bought anything yet.

Ok long story short, I went to the presentation, it lasted longer than they promised and I am still pissed off about that, at the end, they tried to force me to buy a one time offer package which I very politely denied and stuck to getting my free package. After they realized that I will not be buying no matter which of the sales agent spoke to me or whatever manager, they finally gave me what I was there for and I left. Come to think of it, I feel a little guilty now since I left with a pretty valuable free package. I don’t have much to say about the company, but I would like to say that I got what I went for, so I say go to the presentation. If I could rate them as of now, I would give them a 4.5 on 5.

sarahj129 wrote: Wow!! It looks like you guys have a nice debate going on here about Global Travel network. Well I hope that my review can help out as a tie breaker or maybe simply as a little clarification. I just went to one of their timeshare presentations, and actually came back not more than three hours ago, took a bath and wanted to see what this Global Travel Network thing looks like online, and what others are saying about it. And from the look of things, I think I am well served. As you can all guess, I have not bought anything yet. Ok long story short, I went to the presentation, it lasted longer than they promised and I am still pissed off about that, at the end, they tried to force me to buy a one time offer package which I very politely denied and stuck to getting my free package. After they realized that I will not be buying no matter which of the sales agent spoke to me or whatever manager, they finally gave me what I was there for and I left. Come to think of it, I feel a little guilty now since I left with a pretty valuable free package. I don’t have much to say about the company, but I would like to say that I got what I went for, so I say go to the presentation. If I could rate them as of now, I would give them a 4.5 on 5.

Just curious ..... why would you rate them 4.5 out of 5 because you got what you went for even though they tried to FORCE you to buy a one time offer and p-ssed you off about how long the meeting lasted.

Last edited by jayjay on Aug 29, 2011 07:47 AM

Hey Sarah how did you like the presentation, and what was the promised package? I just want to know if the presentation sounded genuine to you and if let’s say hypothetically that you actually wanted to buy a travel package or a membership, whatever. Would you have bought what they were trying to sell to you? That is of course if you had the money. And would you say their travel package is cheap or expensive. I want to hear what you have to say about all of that because it can also be a nice base to judge whether Global Travel Network is really some bullshit. And since you have just had an experience with them, I figure you should be in a good place to tell us all your thoughts.

Like I said in an earlier post that we did buy from them but have not used it. We do get emails from on specials that they have I looked at them and thought that they were good deals if you were going to that resort.

Would you like to buy my stars? Can't really use ours anymore. I think we have a lot of stars since we have never used it.

Last edited by marty8084 on Feb 10, 2012 02:37 AM

tarab93 wrote: Would you like to buy my stars? Can't really use ours anymore. I think we have a lot of stars since we have never used it. Email me at: [email protected] THANKS!!

I would be interested. I sent you an email. Please respond.

When I went to the presentation for GLOBAL TRAVEL NETWORK, my husband and I were surprised to find that we actually left with our vacation with no obligations! We went on the all inclusive vacation for such a low price! It was so wonderful! We got so pampered! we stayed at a five star resort and loved every min of the vacation we have so many pictures that i try to live that moment for ever. I recommend all of my friends family and co worker to check out GLOBAL TRAVEL NETWORK!!!

Thank You The Duffels Family

Any one give them their timeshare in exchange. Did they ever transfer the deed so your maintenance fees stopped

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Global Travel Network

• Thread starter Salmonhead
• Start date May 4, 2021
• May 4, 2021

The points based system, price, and the ability to pass on this timeshare to my children seem to make this a good option. Anyone have any real world experience with Global Travel Network? Thank you.  

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Salmonhead said: The points based system, price, and the ability to pass on this timeshare to my children seem to make this a good option. Anyone have any real world experience with Global Travel Network? Thank you. Click to expand...

• May 6, 2021

Just out of curiosity, how did you come to find out about this Global Travel Network? Were you at some sort of a sales presentation?  

• May 7, 2021

Thank you @T-Dot-Traveller , that was extremely helpful. I'll check out Trading Places. Meanwhile, I'll try to land on a place where I get enough points to trade. I'll also leverage 'last calls.'  

@LannyPC I was at a sales presentation. Seemed good. I purchased then sent in a cancellation a few days later. I didn't feel like I throughly investigated the opportunity.  

Salmonhead said: Seemed good. I purchased then sent in a cancellation a few days later. I didn't feel like I throughly investigated the opportunity. Click to expand...

We’re you contacted by mail or phone? If by phone, and if you are on the DNC list, then their unauthorized call tells you everything you need to know about them. These vacation clubs are very slick in their presentation when it comes to extracting thousands of dollars. In reality, what they have to offer is bottom of the barrel resorts. Just Google some of the reviews. Also don’t be fooled by their A+ BBB rating as they recently became BBB accredited (which I believe gives them an “A” until they fail to respond to complaints). Instead, just read through the complaints to give you an idea of their practices.  

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WHO ARE WE?

Global travel network gmbh  represent a global besed group of companies and oraganization ..

Our staff with collectively over 100 years of experience, is a motivated, multilingual multicultural team having the resources and great understanding of local business customs and attitudes which enables easy interfacing between clients and local suppliers.

• Competitive and efficient with a proven ability to be flexible, adaptable and refreshingly open when working clients and suppliers.
• Being a step ahead of the ever changing needs of the client and responding with quality and experience

VISIONING GOALS … SURPASSING EXPECTATIONS, Communication with our clients is top priority as we can effectively understand our clients’ objectives.

Incorporating innovative ideas to realize goals and effectively surpassing expectations is our principle goal. Meetings and Incentives, product launches, rewarding your company staff, your valuable associates and your VIP clients or team building, whatever your goal, your business expectations, we will deliver excellent results throughout every aspect of the project.

• Client focus for distinctive creativity resulting in a substantial return on investment
• Consistent in delivering superior service supporting financial performance

DESTINATIONS

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Geographic coordinates of Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, Russia

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Coordinates of Elektrostal in decimal degrees

Coordinates of elektrostal in degrees and decimal minutes, utm coordinates of elektrostal, geographic coordinate systems.

WGS 84 coordinate reference system is the latest revision of the World Geodetic System, which is used in mapping and navigation, including GPS satellite navigation system (the Global Positioning System).

Geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) define a position on the Earth’s surface. Coordinates are angular units. The canonical form of latitude and longitude representation uses degrees (°), minutes (′), and seconds (″). GPS systems widely use coordinates in degrees and decimal minutes, or in decimal degrees.

Latitude varies from −90° to 90°. The latitude of the Equator is 0°; the latitude of the South Pole is −90°; the latitude of the North Pole is 90°. Positive latitude values correspond to the geographic locations north of the Equator (abbrev. N). Negative latitude values correspond to the geographic locations south of the Equator (abbrev. S).

Longitude is counted from the prime meridian ( IERS Reference Meridian for WGS 84) and varies from −180° to 180°. Positive longitude values correspond to the geographic locations east of the prime meridian (abbrev. E). Negative longitude values correspond to the geographic locations west of the prime meridian (abbrev. W).

UTM or Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system divides the Earth’s surface into 60 longitudinal zones. The coordinates of a location within each zone are defined as a planar coordinate pair related to the intersection of the equator and the zone’s central meridian, and measured in meters.

Elevation above sea level is a measure of a geographic location’s height. We are using the global digital elevation model GTOPO30 .

Elektrostal , Moscow Oblast, Russia