Odd, of the 7 completed visits from 60S to 90S, none look like your picture, and of the 295 completed visits from 60N to 90N, none look like your picture.:)
Actually, the latitude of the "49th parallel" portion is not at *any* fixed latitude. The modern border is defined based on straight lines between fixed border markers, which were situated some time ago by a joint US/Canada survey. They were "close", but the border wanders both North and South of 49 degrees.
All of these "49th parallel border" points have been visited -- I can't think of a single time that the visitor met up with anyone from the DEA.:)
The confluence with the most visits is in a golf course in California, USA. It has been visited 15 times in 5 years. At this rate, 1000 visits would take about 333 years. The average visited confluence has been visited about 1.3 times.
Thus far, posts have been made in 153 countries. These posts include posts in the Andes, the Sahara, Mongolia, Antarctica, and many, many other remote and interesting places...
The "three or four other countries" presumably includes the 23 countries where every single degree confluence has been visited. The largest of these is Sweden, where all 84 degree confluences have been visited... Probably some of those qualify as hard and costly to visit...
"a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point" -- www.m-w.com (Merriam-Webster)
Nowhere does this definition appear to preclude the things which 'flow together', 'meet' or 'gather' from continuing separately. Nor is the square/normal nature of the meeting excluded by this definition.
Out of curiosity, what dictionary did you consult?
Yes, we'd love to have the interface available in most major languages, but since we rely 100% on volunteer labor, and the volunteers are busy just keeping the place running, it hasn't gotten done. Would you like to volunteer?:)
Of course, visit contents can be (and are) posted in pretty much any language you wish, though we also post an English translation, since that's the lingua franca of the Internet. If you wander around the site, you can find posts in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, German, French, etc...
Several online sites also do dynamic webpage translation, though the results are often hilarious.:)
Eric Lincoln (who only speaks English and Russian)
Degree Confluence Project
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Odd, of the 7 completed visits from 60S to 90S, none look like your picture, and of the 295 completed visits from 60N to 90N, none look like your picture. :)
The project is over 8 years old -- it may be a bit late to "wake up the next morning and sober up"...
And yes, this means that the Degree Confluence Project (February 1996) is older than Slashdot (September 1997)... :)
Eric Lincoln
Degree Confluence Project
Actually, the latitude of the "49th parallel" portion is not at *any* fixed latitude. The modern border is defined based on straight lines between fixed border markers, which were situated some time ago by a joint US/Canada survey. They were "close", but the border wanders both North and South of 49 degrees.
All of these "49th parallel border" points have been visited -- I can't think of a single time that the visitor met up with anyone from the DEA. :)
Eric Lincoln
Degree Confluence Project
The confluence with the most visits is in a golf course in California, USA. It has been visited 15 times in 5 years. At this rate, 1000 visits would take about 333 years. The average visited confluence has been visited about 1.3 times.
Eric Lincoln
Degree Confluence Project
Not yet, though somehow I'd expect the Earth's moon to get confluence visits before Mars. :)
Eric Lincoln
Degree Confluence Project
Thus far, posts have been made in 153 countries. These posts include posts in the Andes, the Sahara, Mongolia, Antarctica, and many, many other remote and interesting places...
The "three or four other countries" presumably includes the 23 countries where every single degree confluence has been visited. The largest of these is Sweden, where all 84 degree confluences have been visited... Probably some of those qualify as hard and costly to visit...
Eric Lincoln
Degree Confluence Project
"a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point" -- www.m-w.com (Merriam-Webster)
Nowhere does this definition appear to preclude the things which 'flow together', 'meet' or 'gather' from continuing separately. Nor is the square/normal nature of the meeting excluded by this definition.
Out of curiosity, what dictionary did you consult?
Eric Lincoln
Degree Confluence Project
Define "they". :)
The visitors are individuals, acting on their own initiative. You can feel free to be part of "them" if you wish.
By the way, there is no degree confluence in Area 51, although there is one in the equally controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear storage facility...
Eric Lincoln
Degree Confluence Project
Yes, we'd love to have the interface available in most major languages, but since we rely 100% on volunteer labor, and the volunteers are busy just keeping the place running, it hasn't gotten done. Would you like to volunteer? :)
Of course, visit contents can be (and are) posted in pretty much any language you wish, though we also post an English translation, since that's the lingua franca of the Internet. If you wander around the site, you can find posts in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, German, French, etc...
Several online sites also do dynamic webpage translation, though the results are often hilarious. :)
Eric Lincoln (who only speaks English and Russian)
Degree Confluence Project