What made humans unanimously decide the orientation of the Earth? (i.e. the top and the bottom)

by intergalactictiger

I apologise for the poor wording of this question. But seeing as their is no up or down in outer space, why did we decide that up was up and down was down? And what role does North/South/West/East play in it?

Searocksandtrees

Hi! You'll find some info to get you started on this here