That is indeed an interesting thought Brian!

There are already some people active! see:
http://www.confluence.org/index.php

Btw. In the city of Utrecht (the Netherlands) in the Volkssterrenwacht
Sonnenborgh the so-called
Utrecht-meridiaan is marked. It is on 5 deg. 7 min. east.
At this point the Utrecht-standard-time was calculated and measured using a
large telescope. In the 1920's they abandoned Utrecht-time.

gl
Harry ten Veen

----- Original Message -----
From: <bjbutler@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: donderdag 21 juni 2001 14:24
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Really Abitrary Points

> Jack's recent mention of the Greenwich meridian reminded me of an
> idea I had a while back for another class of points - intersections
> of important lines of latitude and longitude. For example, where the
> Greenwich meridian crosses the equator, the arctic circle, or the
> antarctic circle. Ditto for the international date line. Then, of
> course, there are all of the intermediate meridians and latitudes, 30
> degrees, 45 degrees, 60 degrees, etc. This could be combined with
> some trigonometry and a good clock to produce some interesting
> coincidences. Just another way to pin yourself in space and time, I
> guess.
>
> BJB