~terry
Tue, Jul 9, 2002 (12:46)
seed
I got so carried away with this website that I posted about in the etc. topic that I decided to take the plunge and make it a topic of it's own. I think we might have a lot of fun exploring the confluences of major latitude and longitude lines and seeing the fun pictures and stories from folks who chronicled them.
The site is http://www.confluence.org
~terry
Tue, Jul 9, 2002 (12:46)
#1
From the site's main page:
The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here.
overview
The project is an organized sampling of the world. We've excluded confluences in the oceans and dropped some near the poles, but there are still 12,628 to be found.
You're invited to help. Read the More Information page and then contact us if you're interested in photographing any one of these places (there is one within 49 miles (79 km) of you if you're on the surface of Earth).
~terry
Tue, Jul 9, 2002 (12:47)
#2
Can you find the confluence closest to your home?
~MarciaH
Tue, Jul 9, 2002 (16:37)
#3
I'm working on it from my home away from home in the bluegrass of Kentucky I anm certain an archaeologist has enough coordianates for the local area to afford me a location and something I can photograph. In Hawaii, it is in the sea and most of the sea looks the same!
This is a GREAT topic. Fascinating!
~MarciaH
Tue, Jul 9, 2002 (16:51)
#4
I just checked their website. All of Kentucky and California have been documented. None in Hawaii have been but almost all of them are in the sea as I suspected. Interesting project. So is the one that buries the treasures/food and leaves comments.
~aa9il
Tue, Jul 9, 2002 (17:04)
#5
Howdy Howdy
Well, Milwaukee, WI and Elk Grove Village, IL have been documented already.
Since I live between these two points, I'll just throw in my grid square
for AA9IL: EN62ai
I plan to have some microwave station pictures available for that point
or nearby grid locations which I guess I will post to my web page whenever
I get around to creating one!
73 de Mike
aa9il
~MarciaH
Wed, Jul 10, 2002 (11:29)
#6
PLEASE let us know where your webpage is when you create one. I'll be a frequent visitor!
Send me your grid square photo via email and I will ftp it to Spring's hard drive so you can post it.
~tsatsvol
Fri, Jul 12, 2002 (03:08)
#7
I will have it in mind. Perhaps I can post some pictures from Greece.
John