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Yeah, that's right. It's a freakin' SHEEP.

Whatever you're on, can I have some?

Minor nitpick-24 is way down in walnut creek. You want 4. 242 is close as well but the part separating the storage area from the bay is 4. See, I'm intimately familiar with it, as I drive all of the above on my commute from Antioch to San Carlos (ouch).

There's a rather amusing writeup by some folks that took photos of it for the confluence project at this locale...

You mean like this? Not automatic, but same idea.

For those who haven't had a chance to look at the Degree Confluence Project ... do so now. Don't waste another second.

Basically, they're trying to take a photograph of the confluence of every latitude/longitude integer degree intersections... Absolutely fascinating.

Who knows, maybe it will engourage people who own land on other confluences to put web cams there.

- Sam

Who knows, maybe it will engourage people who own land on other confluences to put web cams there.

- Sam

Since most of the easily accessible locations have been photographed already, getting a 'new' point on the map (one that hasn't been visited or attempted) will require a significant period of interface with a non-virtual world.

It'll even exercise your diplomatic interpersonal skills, as some of the 'attempted' sites are on reservations -- since they're a sovereign nation, they can require permits for a visit. Heck, even getting onto private land can be interesting.

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• "You want to do WHAT? Yeah, right buddy! What are you really here for??? )

( Personally, I'd love to do some of the sites in Montana. )

Since most of the easily accessible locations have been photographed already, getting a 'new' point on the map (one that hasn't been visited or attempted) will require a significant period of interface with a non-virtual world.

It'll even exercise your diplomatic interpersonal skills, as some of the 'attempted' sites are on reservations -- since they're a sovereign nation, they can require permits for a visit. Heck, even getting onto private land can be interesting.

• ( i.e.
• "You want to do WHAT? Yeah, right buddy! What are you really here for??? )

( Personally, I'd love to do some of the sites in Montana. )

Since most of the easily accessible locations have been photographed already, getting a 'new' point on the map (one that hasn't been visited or attempted) will require a significant period of interface with a non-virtual world.

It'll even exercise your diplomatic interpersonal skills, as some of the 'attempted' sites are on reservations -- since they're a sovereign nation, they can require permits for a visit. Heck, even getting onto private land can be interesting.

• ( i.e.
• "You want to do WHAT? Yeah, right buddy! What are you really here for??? )

( Personally, I'd love to do some of the sites in Montana. )

Check out Confluence, which is another cool project involving digital images and geographic locations. Their goal is to take a photo at every confluence point - an intersection of integer longitude and latitude points. Very fun, very cool.

This is a cool map, showing where they have photos, and is fully navigable.

Check out confluence.org, where people can post photos and descriptions of every long. lat. combination on the globe.

Many websites (restaurant guides, etc.) that use some kind of Geographical Info System display the Latitude and Longitude in the URL query string. Hacking that is fun, but I still have to come up with a clever use for it. Check out mapquest too, e.g.: http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_free?lat=501000 &lng=30000&level=6

You can buy calendars from the web site, also T-shirts.

If you think the project is pointless, no need to participate.

You can buy calendars from the web site, also T-shirts.

If you think the project is pointless, no need to participate.

You can buy calendars from the web site, also T-shirts.

If you think the project is pointless, no need to participate.

You can buy calendars from the web site, also T-shirts.

If you think the project is pointless, no need to participate.

I had been putting off a trip to a waypoint in eastern NC for a while now, but now that this story's out, I fully expect to arrive there only to find seventy-five geeks milling about with their Magellan sets waiting patiently to stand at a Slashdotted geographical location to get their picture taken. Crud!

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1.3 How many confluences are there?
There are 64,442 latitude and longitude degree intersections in the world (counting each pole as one intersection). Of these, 47,650 meet the goals of the project after removing many confluences near the poles. Of these, about 12,000 are actually on the land. As you may guess, we're not worried about running out of confluences.

1.3 How many confluences are there?
There are 64,442 latitude and longitude degree intersections in the world (counting each pole as one intersection). Of these, 47,650 meet the goals of the project after removing many confluences near the poles. Of these, about 12,000 are actually on the land. As you may guess, we're not worried about running out of confluences.

1.3 How many confluences are there?
There are 64,442 latitude and longitude degree intersections in the world (counting each pole as one intersection). Of these, 47,650 meet the goals of the project after removing many confluences near the poles. Of these, about 12,000 are actually on the land. As you may guess, we're not worried about running out of confluences.

from the faq about the resolving the poles problem

"At 89 degrees latitude, one degree from the north or south pole, the line are 1.2 miles apart. This skews the sample sharply to the poles and neglects the equitorial regions ...a solution to the problem is to skip confluences when the distance between them falls below 2/3 of the distance at the equator ... [they] are still valid confluences, and will be posted if visited, but are not part of the official goals of the project."

Seeing all the "What's the point?" posts here, I can only gather there aren't very many outdoorsmen (or women) in the slashdot community. Yes, as a matter of fact, going out to some arbitrary point in the middle of nowhere is thrilling. Sort of like mountain climbing -- because it is there. Read some of the reports, and look at the pictures, and you'll see just what sorts of adventures people have. Some beautiful places, friendly people you'd never meet otherwise. It could be argued that there's more point to this than playing EverCrack for hours.

Seeing all the "What's the point?" posts here, I can only gather there aren't very many outdoorsmen (or women) in the slashdot community. Yes, as a matter of fact, going out to some arbitrary point in the middle of nowhere is thrilling. Sort of like mountain climbing -- because it is there. Read some of the reports, and look at the pictures, and you'll see just what sorts of adventures people have. Some beautiful places, friendly people you'd never meet otherwise. It could be argued that there's more point to this than playing EverCrack for hours.

Seeing all the "What's the point?" posts here, I can only gather there aren't very many outdoorsmen (or women) in the slashdot community. Yes, as a matter of fact, going out to some arbitrary point in the middle of nowhere is thrilling. Sort of like mountain climbing -- because it is there. Read some of the reports, and look at the pictures, and you'll see just what sorts of adventures people have. Some beautiful places, friendly people you'd never meet otherwise. It could be argued that there's more point to this than playing EverCrack for hours.

It does make for a kind of fun afternoon out doing a little hiking. My contributions can be seen here and here. Hopefully I'll get the chance to visit a couple of other random places when I go on vacation this summer.
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It does make for a kind of fun afternoon out doing a little hiking. My contributions can be seen here and here. Hopefully I'll get the chance to visit a couple of other random places when I go on vacation this summer.
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Explained here.

Basically, the longitude lines get too close together as you approach the poles to be any fun.

Jason

The website has all this info. As other replies have mentioned, the math isn't hard, but there is the Poles Problem. Basically as you approach the poles the longitude lines come close together. Near a pole, it's not worth trying to get to one confluence only a few miles away from another. So, they remove don't count certain intersections.

Overall, another mindless, worthless, but totally interesting reason for geeks to get outside.

Jason

... and you could join in the Degree Confluence Project

Another one of these GPS hunts is the degree confluence project. The object is to log integer longtitude/latitude positions with a GPS and to get a picture of that location.