Visiting Every Latitude and Longitude Intersection 265
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.
They should... (Score:5, Interesting)
The highest/lowest/coldest/hottest/.. intersection (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:They should... (Score:3, Interesting)
I dunno (Score:4, Interesting)
Actually, that's a lot to read, I think somebody should do the same type of thing, but with intersections of lines that are multiples of ten. I mean, you would still get a reasonably complete view of the world and all of the places in it.
Another idea to make the product of this more interesting would be 360 degree panorama shots at each intersection. Again, this would be somehting more easily accomplished if it were just one person or a small group of people doing this.
Hmm... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:"A neat project, indeed." ?! (Score:5, Interesting)
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Re:Too Many Bored People (Score:3, Interesting)
News for nerds. Stuff that matters.
Finding Confluences is something that normally requires an understanding of maps, GPSs, or at least a desire to learn something about finding their location.
Sounds geeky to me. Since you are so bored of learning about confluences maybe you should start reading more Slashdot.
Lost in flight (Score:4, Interesting)
Land use & terrain documentation (Score:2, Interesting)
People who cannot appreciate something like this cannot be real nerds!
Arrrrr...Ye be leavin out good places (Score:2, Interesting)
It's the journey, stoopid! (Score:2, Interesting)
I took two days off work this week to travel from 37.6284 -92.3288 to 37.7503 -923973, spending the night at 37.6950 -92.3067 [topozone.com]. It was great!
What is this, High School? (Score:5, Interesting)
People, you are hackers/nerds! You are supposed to encourage each other to set goals and follow through on them.
Yes, I am biased. I visited five confluences when I was in Australia. Because I had to change my travel plans for the first confulence visit, I ended up meeting a girl which I dated for a year.
Life is short, go do something with your lives, don't tear down anyone who chooses to follow through on an idea, rather than just sit around and watch reruns of Friends.
I tried to do this once... (Score:2, Interesting)
My friend thought I was completely insane, but I know better
Been there, done that, great stuff! (Score:5, Interesting)
In fact, I spent a week at the beginning of July trying to get some in Northern Ontario, but gave up. I never realized how swampy and densely tree'd the north is. It was really great to get out and see part of my country, as well as giving us a great appreciation for the people who first settled up there and the hardships they faced.
I highly reccomend everyone pick a confluence and go for it, even if it's done. It's a great excuse to get out and see your country and meet people. All you need is a GPS and some boots. For even more fun, pick somewhere where you get to canoe or kayak, or ski or mountain bike. It's great exercise and can mesh nicely with Geocaching.
Go, get some, and stop being so negative people
Re:Simply not doable - politically or logistically (Score:5, Interesting)
You do realize that there are, in fact, people already living in all those countries? And it's not all that strange to imagine that they might have cameras and an internet connection.
Have you stopped to think that maybe the point of the project isn't to collect every last damn picture of frozen tundra, but rather to expand their (already absolutely amazing) collection of places that are accessible?
The cynism boggles the mind - they've collected tens of thousnds of images from something like 150 countries, along with precise location and date information; giving you an instant overview of what THE ENTIRE FREAKING GLOBE looks like, and all you can come up with is "they won't be able to get all of Canada"?
Re:They should... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:"A neat project, indeed." ?! (Score:3, Interesting)
I liked your retort, and thought this would help answer previous parent's comment that had asked "how is this project any more interesting..."
Re:Simply not doable - politically or logistically (Score:4, Interesting)
Panoramas (Score:2, Interesting)
I've posted panos from most of the confluences I've personally visited: http://www.confluence.org/visitor.php?id=157 [confluence.org]
Terje Mathisen
Scandinavian Coordinator The Degree Confluence Project
Re:"A neat project, indeed." ?! (Score:2, Interesting)
My thought has always been that there aren't enough points to be collected. Sure, it's a better sample of what we have now, but considering the confluences can be dozens of miles apart you can end up skipping entire interesting areas--either interesting for their beauty or for their boringness.
I personally think that they should at least have the option of submitting pictures for every tenth or twentieth of a degree. That way, with the exception of mountainous terrain, the picture from one confluence will include a distant view of surrounding confluences. You end up with a complete photo catalog of the world instead of a rather broken "representation" of the world.
IMHO.