Comments | ernieleaf: Confluence Project

ernieleaf

Confluence Project

Jan 14, 2007 20:05

Here's an interesting website for those of you who are, like me, geography dorks. It's the Degree Confluence Project. The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world (e.g. 61˚N, 145˚W) and to take pictures at each location. The project organizers have wisely limited their immediate ( Read more... )

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red_claws January 15 2007, 09:41:58 UTC

I...probably would have done the same.

gillyfish January 16 2007, 08:16:44 UTC

isn't that why they made boats?

thupham February 14 2007, 08:48:46 UTC

Wait wait, you have a habit of going to state high points?! Tristan and I were reading criagslist "strictly platonic" listings once (for fun, of course), and we came across this guy who wanted to go to all the state high points BUT HAD NO CAR, so he wanted someone to drive him to all the points. We thought it was absurd at the time, but now that you mention it it does hold an odd appeal.

ernieleaf February 15 2007, 07:51:39 UTC

Haha, the most absurd part of that was that the guy somehow intended for people to drive him to all 50.

Yeah, it is oddly appealing... apparently to a lot of people too, because there are entire websites about it, complete with advice and maps and whatnot. There are also published books. I have been to 18, mostly easy ones on the East Coast. There are some really difficult high points (especially Mt. McKinley in Alaska) that I don't ever expect to cross of the list, so I'll settle for maybe 45. I definitely do want to at least visit all 50 states, though. I'm actually not too far from that goal.

So are you coming to Reno/Tahoe??