Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Who on Spiderweb has travelled the most? More specifically, who has covered the most area on a map? Take a look at Google Maps and figure out the northernmost, easternmost, southernmost, and westernmost places you have been to. Then figure out their coordinates (Wikipedia helps out here). Whoever has covered the most area wins the respect and admiration of the Spiderweb community!* Northernmost: Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, AB, CA 055.400 degrees N 114.800 degrees W Easternmost: Montreal, QC, CA 045.517 degrees N 073.650 degrees W Southernmost: Niagara Falls, ON, CA 043.080 degrees N 079.071 degrees W Westernmost: Nanoose Bay, BC, CA 049.250 degrees N 124.183 degrees W North-South distance: 12.32 degrees East-West distance:: 50.522 degrees Total Area: 622.567 degrees squared (Yes, I know, it's not a real rectangle, deal with it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 you can actually just do a google search to find the coordinates of a place: if you search for (placename) coordinates or (placename) latitude longitude it'll tell you the coordinates at the top of the page Northernmost: Lady Musgrave Island, QLD, Australia 23.9083 deg S, 152.3942 deg E Easternmost: Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia 28.1833 deg S, 153.5500 deg E Southernmost: Port Arthur, TAS, Australia 43.1500 deg S, 147.8500 deg E Westernmost: Mt Gambier, SA, Australia 37.8301 deg S, 140.7802 deg E N-S distance: 19.2417 degrees E-W distance: 12.7698 degrees Area: 245.7127 deg^2 i'd be doing a lot better if i'd ever been to perth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Northernmost: Paris, France 48°51N 2°21E Easternmost: Queensland, Australia 143°0E Southernmost: Queensland, Australia 23°0S Westernmost: Holland, Michigan 42°47N 86°6W North-South: 90.98 degrees East-West: 229.6 degrees Total area: 20,889.008 degrees squared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Southernmost: 19.0639° N (Naalehu, Hawaii) Northernmost: 48.2369° N (Rouyn, Quebec) Westernmost: 159.7150° W (Kekaha, Hawaii) Easternmost 14.4264° E (Vico Equense, Italy) 29 x 173 = 5,017. So, yeah. Slith wipes the floor with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 It's not terribly difficult to calculate the spherical area. Just divide the box into two triangles and use L'Huilier's Theorem to find spherical excess E. Then the area of your personal bounding box is just 2*E*R^2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Northernmost: Vancouver, BC, Canada 49.2505 N 3.1119 W Easternmost: Chicago, IL, USA 41.8500 N 87.6500 W Westernmost: Jenner, CA, USA 38.4497 N 123.1144 W Southernmost: Imuris, Sonora, Mexico 30.7667 N 110.8333 W N-S distance: 17.4838 E-W distance: 35.4644 Area: 620.052 deg^2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 51.7511° N, 1.2558° W 18.4833° N, 69.9167° W 43.2167° N, 123.3406° W 36.4200° N, 25.4317° E N-S: 33.2678 W-E: 97.9089 Area: 3,257.2137 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Northernmost and easternmost: Moscow, Russia (55.7517° N, 37.6178° E) Southernmost and westernmost: Honolulu, Hawai'i (21.3069° N, 157.8583° W) So I _would_ have done it properly, with haversines and spherical triangles, but then that would have underestimated my distance relative to everyone else. It's all your faults. d1 = 195.4761 degrees d2 = 34.4448 d1*d2 = 6733.14 whatever weird unit we're using I'd have won handily if I've been to NZ, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Northernmost: Seattle, Washington, USA 47.6097° N 122.3331° W Easternmost: Baltimore, Maryland, USA 39.2833° N 76.6167° W Westernmost: Kekaha, Hawaii, USA 21.9708° N 159.7150° W Southernmost: Ocean View, Hawaii, USA 19.1078° N 155.7672° W North-South distance: 28.5019° East-West distance: 83.0983° Total Area: 2,368.4594 degrees squared Dikiyoba had to steal Kekaha from Actaeon because Google was giving an obviously incorrect coordinate for Waimea, but the two places are practically on top of each other anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 You might as well borrow Naalehu, also. It's a bit farther south than Ocean View, and right on the highway. (Perhaps Google thought you meant the Waimea on the Big Island.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Easternmost: 52.516111°N and 13.376944°E (the Berlin Wall) Westernmost: 22°01′22″ N and 159°47′06″ W (Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range, Kauai) Southernmost: 18.9111°N and 155.681111°W (Ka Lae or South Point, Hawaii) Northernmost: not really sure, let's say Berlin again So (rounding off because I'm lazy) N-S is 35, and E-W is 172, and area is 6020. Nowhere close to the widely travelled Slith, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Yeah, Slith is still winning by a long shot even when you look at the smaller rectangle that crosses the date line rather than the prime meridian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 It's misleading to do the date line one. You asked for a "bounding box", which I feel implies that all the other points we've visited lie within the extremes. The Paris data point shows which box he means. He's never been anywhere between Australia and Michigan, and boundaries should reflect that. Dantius gets props for efficiency by only needing two points. (Edit: Pardon my pronouns; I'm making assumptions based on board demographics.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon (Perhaps Google thought you meant the Waimea on the Big Island.) Ah, that would be it. Weird. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 @Actaeon: Ah, right, duh, silly me. I was just looking at his westernmost and easternmost after I noticed the large number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Northernmost- Gympie, Quennsland, Australia. Westernmost- Kingaroy, As Above Souhternmost- Batemans Bay, New South Wales. Easternmost- Well, living on the east coast of Australia, I don't think I would be capable walking or driving any further east. Unless you want to count an off shore fishing trip I had last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Northernmost: Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan, USA. [44.5447°N | 86.0113°W] Westernmost: Ludington, Michigan, USA. [43.5725°N | 86.2640°W] Southernmost: South Bend, Indiana, USA. [41.4021°N | 86.1519°W] Easternmost: Saginaw, Michigan, USA. [43.2510°N | 83.5658°W] North-South: 3.1426° East-West: 2.6982° Area: 8.4793° Squared Ha! Smallest bounding box of the bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I don't think mine forms much of a box, rather more like a reallly reallly squashed diamond sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Heh, mine's more of a small blot with a bunch of squiggly lines coming out of it. Which is probably the case with everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I haven't travelled much. I've only been out of the state about 3 times, and were all to the same area. I've barely been out of the area I was born in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Easternmost: Tokyo [35.6833° N, 139.7667° E] Westernmost: Vancouver [49.2505° N, 123.1119° W] Northernmost: Aarhus [56.1582° N, 10.2101° E] Southernmost: Ushuaia [54.8000° S, 68.3000° W] So NS is about 111, EW about 263, area about 29169. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Easternmost: Tokyo [35.6833° N, 139.7667° E] Westernmost: Vancouver [49.2505° N, 123.1119° W] Northernmost: Aarhus [56.1582° N, 10.2101° E] Southernmost: Ushuaia [54.8000° S, 68.3000° W] So NS is about 111, EW about 263, area about 29169. i had a feeling you might be the winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Northernmost: Inverness, Scotland 57.472º N 4.225º W Easternmost: Paris, France 48.857º N 2.351º E Southernmost: Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA 30.364º N 88.542º W Westernmost: Walnut Grove, Minnesota, USA 44.224º N 95.469º W North-South distance: 27.108º East-West distance:: 97.820º Total Area: 2651.705º2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 What keeps surprising me is all this Easterners that have been to Europe but not to the Western US. Then I think of how rarely I've been to the East Coast and I realize that culturally and geographically we might as well be two countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon What keeps surprising me is all this Easterners that have been to Europe but not to the Western US. Then I think of how rarely I've been to the East Coast and I realize that culturally and geographically we might as well be two countries. That is true to some extent, but I would argue that western US and eastern US are closer culturally than they are to any other country with the possible exception of Canada. I would also submit that you and I, in Colorado and Pennsylvania respectively, are more culturally similar to each other than we are to the deep south. I think part of the reason many easterners have been to Europe but haven't crossed the Mississippi (I have crossed it, by the way; I just didn't go very far when I did. ) is that when one goes on a vacation, one often wants to go somewhere different. Europe is decidedly more different from the east coast than the west coast is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I would agree with Tyranicus. There is a lot of cultural variety throughout the continental U.S. but, at least in the places I've seen, there's still more that people have in common. Hawaii is the closest I've experienced to visiting a foreign country while still being in the U.S. Very different cultural influences than what you find on the mainland. For any lower 48 state A and lower 48 state B that you could pick, they are downright identical when compared to Hawaii. It's a fascinating place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Interesting. I find more culturally continuity between the Colorado Western Slope and the more rural parts of Hawaii than the same and the Colorado Front Range. I suppose it all depends on which element you're focusing on. As for the west coast not being that different from the east... sure, but there's a lot between the Mississippi and the coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Originally Posted By: Tyranicus North-South distance: 27.108ºEast-West distance:: 97.820ºTotal Area: 16876.546º<sup>2</sup> Tyran, how did you get your total area? It's quite inflated... 27.108 * 97.820 = 2,651.70456 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S Originally Posted By: Tyranicus North-South distance: 27.108ºEast-West distance:: 97.820ºTotal Area: 16876.546º2 Tyran, how did you get your total area? It's quite inflated... 27.108 * 97.820 = 2,651.70456 I have no idea. You are correct, but I thought that was the calculation I performed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 North: 53.4800° N 2.2400° W South: 39.2833° N 76.6167° W East: 39.8667° N 4.2333° E West: Carlisle, PA, USA. 40.2014° N 77.1892° W North-South distance: 14.1967° East-West distance:: 81.4225° Total Area: 1155.9308°2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Necris Omega Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Hmmm... my box can be figured with two points - North/Western Most - Anchorage, Alaska - 61.1919° N, 149.7621° W South/Eastern Most - Palm Beach, Florida - 26.7053° N, 80.0367° W North-South distance: 34.4866° East-West distance: 69.7254° Total Area - 2404.5920° squared Not bad for a guy whose never left his country of origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Easternmost: Luxor, Egypt [25°41N, 32°38E] Westernmost: Victoria, Canada [48°25N, 123°21W] Northernmost: Grise Fiord, Canada [76°25N, 82°53&W] Southernmost: Aswan, Egypt [24°05N, 32°53E] Anyone have 76° North beat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Easternmost: Jerusalem, 35.2167° E Westernmost: Waimea Canyon, 159.6653° W Northernmost: Reykjavik, 64.1333° N Southernmost: Sao Paolo, 23.5000° S, 46.6167° W —Alorael, who has a couple of friends who worked on Svalbard. That and Arctic explorers are all you have to worry about for competition there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk SamSniped Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Let me see... North- 44.566135 N, 68.802781 W (Fort Knox in Maine, which was a fort in colonial times) West- 43.038903 N, 87.906474 W (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where my mom lives for her job) East- 44.242523 N, 68.663048 W (Deer Island, Maine, I was staying near here a couple years back for a vacation) South- 28.347408 N, 81.58855 W (Disney in Florida) Farthest east I would love to go- Italy Post #XIII of the challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 North: Seattle {47.6205, -122.351} West: Seattle {47.6205, -122.351} East: Spearfish, South Dakota {44.4918, -103.819} South: LA {34.0194, -118.411} Delta-Long: 18.5318 Delta-Lat: 13.6011 Area: 252.054 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Hm, let me Google that for me....Yikes, east and west are pretty much a game of inches. North: Copper Harbor, MI South: Atlanta, GA East: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (this beat out Niagara Falls (I've been to both the US and Canadian side); Gettysburg, PA; Corning, NY; and Virginia Beach, VA) West: Copper Harbor, MI (surprisingly, this beat out Traverse City, MI; Holland, MI; and Mammoth Cave, KY) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Northernmost: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 55.9500° N, 3.2200° W Southernmost: Rio de Janiero, Brazil 22.9083° S, 43.2436° W Easternmost: Tokyo, Japan 35.6833° N, 139.7667° E Westernmost: San Francisco, CA, USA 37.7750° N, 122.4183° W North-South distance: 78.8583 degrees East-West distance: 262.1850 degrees Area: 20,675 degrees-squared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Originally Posted By: Status Post —Alorael, who has a couple of friends who worked on Svalbard. That and Arctic explorers are all you have to worry about for competition there. Cool, I've had Longyearbyen on my travel list since I was 13 or so. I'm somewhat obsessed with the North for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Northernmost: Berlin, Germany. 52.5233° N, 13.4127° E Easternmost: Vienna, Austria. 48.2088° N, 16.3726° E Westernmost: Kenab, Utah. 37.0475° N, 112.5256° W Southernmost Grand Canyon National Park. 36.1000° N, 112.1000° W 2116.9338 = 16.4233 x 128.8982. I may be taking a trip to Australia in six months, so this question was posed too early. Originally Posted By: The Mystic North: Copper Harbor, MI Wait, you went to Copper Harbor without going to Isle Royal? That's different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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