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Visiting Every Latitude and Longitude Intersection

Posted by Hemos on from the interesting-projects dept.

Kevin A. Pieckiel writes "The Degree Confluence Project's goal is to visit every latitude and logitude degree integer intersection in the world and journal it on this web site. An excerpt: 'The project is an organized sampling of the world. There is a confluence within 49 miles (79 km) of you if you're on the surface of Earth. We've discounted confluences in the oceans and some near the poles, but there are still 12,889 to be found.' A neat project, indeed." As Timothy noted, I've posted before, and in Slashback form; a while back.

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  1. Re:Longitude... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Speaking of organized samplings... if these guys weren't total nerds, they could have a girlfriend at each confluence! Now *that's* a lot of longitude!

    Assuming the girls know about the extra relationships, and are ok with it, that's a lot of latitude!

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  2. I found them all! by Burdell · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but there are still 12,889 to be found.
    I found every single one of them. They're all right here on my globe.

  3. Re:Fun, but.. by Short+Circuit · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can see it now...

    "I was unable to get to 70W by 45N, because there was an Army base there. Update: Someone's knocking on the door."

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