A Danish naval architect wants geographic origin (lat:0,LNG:0) named after him

It already has a name: Null Island.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island

And it has a weather buoy called:

Station 13010 - Soul

P.S. Many previous mentions on HN, most recently:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36987839

i like the modesty involved

Fair.