right of course
but i still intuit or imagine minsk is about right
or maybe it is pinsk
i was figuring the eurasian divide runs thru the dardanelles etc to the
black sea & then across the caucasus crest to the caspian & then up the
ural river to the ural crest
i realize this cut is somewhat arbitrary but i think fairly traditional too
by it not only are turkey & russia partly in europe
but i was just surprised to realize kazakhstan is split too
m
>
>That's fine for small areas, or near the equator, but positively biased for
>continental masses, especially those near the poles, as latitude diminishes
>as you head north through Europe.
>
>Other proble: define europe: cut off at Urals, Caucasus, include turkey? cut
>off at bosphorus?
>Brendan
>
>
>>From: Arif Samad <fHoiberg@...>
>>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@egroups.com
>>To: BoundaryPoint@egroups.com
>>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Center of Europe
>>Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:30:58 -0800 (PST)
>>
>>As far as I know, the midpoint of the rectangle drawn
>>with the four extreme meridians is generally
>>considered the center of a certain place. It should
>>be what Mike did. I wouldn't be surprised if it is
>>near Minsk. Perspective can often cloud facts. So,
>>even if it seems like the center is more to the west
>>than that, it probably isn't.
>>There generally is no weighted system to calculate
>>midpoints on landmasses. Sometimes population is
>>weighted to create a population center, though.
>>
>>--- Jesper & Nicolette Nielsen <jesniel@...>
>>wrote:
>> > Anyone else want to have a go on where the center of
>> > Europe is?
>> >
>> > Jesper
>> >
>> > > >>notes in answer to questions someone raised
>> > earlier
>> > > >>
>> > > >>easternmost europe appears to lie on crest of
>> > north urals at about 66 east
>> > > >>longitude
>> > > >>
>> > > >>center of europe computed by simply averaging
>> > geocoords of extremities
>> > > >>is about 29e longitude & 53 or 54n latitude
>> > > >>which falls perhaps 100km southeast of minsk
>> > > >>surprise
>> > > >>
>> > > >>however this is probably quite distinct from the
>> > true geographic center
>> > > >>which i havent a clue how to compute
>> > >
>> > > btw does anyone know this
>> > >
>> > > m
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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