Visiting Every Latitude and Longitude Intersection

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.

Comments

Fun, but..

[ackthpt]

Some of these are going to be on private property and restricted access (e.g. military) sites. A local GeoCache was on a confluence, but pulled because it was on private property. Probably best to ask permission before tresspassing, lest the intrepid explorer find their butt full of rocksalt or buckshot.

Re:Too Many Bored People

[stefanlasiewski]

Well, if you live in the area and are looking for some place to hike, a Confluence is as good a goal as many other hiking locations.

And it'll be off the beaten path.

Re:"A neat project, indeed." ?!

[Anonymous Coward]

Just because you are responding to a dumbass doesn't mean it is a good idea to act like a dumbass yourself.

Re:"A neat project, indeed." ?!

[typhoonius]

How is this project any more interesting or useful than a confluence of any other human-specified arbitrary classification, e.g. visiting every peak who altitude in cubits is a prime number?

Yes, it's arbitrary, but you're missing the point. The project's objective is to photograph every area of the world. Why not use latitude and longitude confluence? It's a universally understood metric, it gives a pretty diverse snapshot of the world (not too specific, not too broad), and it gives them an easily quantified goal.

Re:Too Many Bored People

[Mad Bad Rabbit]

The real difference is that WC or IKEA visits have a purpose, while visiting a coordinate in West Bumfuck, Indiana yields..well..not a whole hell of a lot. *camera click* Yay.

It shows that, despite all the sprawl and overpopulation of the 20th century, most of the Earth is still not paved over with freeways, slums, or hamburger stands. Which is nice to know.

Re:What is this, High School?

[jnicholson]

Perhaps there is an increasing number of people who are here to mock the nerds, rather than revel in their own nerdness.

This project is clearly an entirely appropriate use of resources, as is the idea of having a space program, if you're a genuine nerd.

(BTW, unless she was a sheep, you probably should have said "whom I dated", not "which I dated". Was she a sheep?)