Friday, May 21, 2004

the Degree Confluence Project

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 are then posted on the project website.http://www.confluence.org/

Project Overview : snippets from the original website
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 13,042 to be found.

History
I (Alex Jarrett) started the project in February 1996 because I liked the idea of visiting a location represented by a round number such as 43°00'00"N 72°00'00"W. What would be there? Would other people have recognized this as a unique spot? Another reason was that my friend managed to convince me to buy a GPS and I had to come up with something to do with it. I also hoped to encourage people to get outside, tromp around in places they normally would never go, and take pictures of it.

Project Stats
Primary confluences:
Successful visits: 4,048
Incomplete visits: 586
Unique successful: 3,122
Unique incomplete: 194
Percent complete: 19.31%
Total indexed: 16,164
Indexed - Land: 14,027
Indexed - Water: 1,986
Indexed - Ice Cap: 151

There are already more than 30,000 pictures from around 147 countries by around 4,800 people.
India has 290 confluence points of which only 53 have been covered till yet.. See map Any adventurous people around ?

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