Subject: Re: Really Abitrary Points
Date: Jun 21, 2001 @ 15:07
Author: bjbutler@bjbsoftware.com (bjbutler@...)
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I just checked the "Confluence web site" at
http://www.confluence.org/index.php Wow! That is exactly the idea I
was thinking about. The only problem I have is that there are so
many of these points, making each one seem less important. And I am
afraid to start visiting these for fear I will become obsessed, with
very little hope of ever reaching a significant fraction of them!

BJB


--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Harry ten Veen" <h.ten.veen@t...> wrote:
> 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@b...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@y...>
> 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