Subject: Re: voronoi message 4657 twenty months later<br/>
Date: Jul 18, 2003 @ 11:47<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 (&quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-248193196">yikes<br/>
we were not the first to wonder & not the first to try<br/>
but it looks like we may have used better data & tech<br/>
& gotten a slightly better answer<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.virtualtourist.com/f/p/1ae5/?r=f22f">http://www.virtualtourist.com/f/p/1ae5/?r=f22f</a><br/>
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more exhilarating yet<br/>
heres a prepackaged answer to the farthest from land question<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzfarfromland.htm">http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzfarfromland.htm</a><br/>
no muss no fuss <br/>
albeit approximate & of unknown veracity<br/>
but with this head start toward the most probably correct ballpark<br/>
it seems to me we could nail this one a lot more punctiliously<br/>
<br/>
& what another delightful surprise to find the worlds seaward <br/>
extremity more extreme than its landward one<br/>
<br/>
finally an unexpected bonus bell & attribution of significance<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.rmcrob.com/archives/00000250.html">http://www.rmcrob.com/archives/00000250.html</a><br/>
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--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;acroorca2002&quot; <br/>
&lt;orc@o...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; --- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Grant Hutchison&quot; <br/>
&gt; &lt;granthutchison@b...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; &gt; Michael:<br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; also<br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; do we now have the ability to learn the farthest point on <br/>
&gt; earth<br/>
&gt; &gt; from the sea<br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; & the farthest from land<br/>
&gt; &gt;  <br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; wouldnt anyone besides me like to know what these very <br/>
&gt; particular 2<br/>
&gt; &gt; points are<br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; or even just like to try for them <br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; Me, I&#39;d like to know. But I don&#39;t have a good approach that <br/>
&gt; doesn&#39;t<br/>
&gt; &gt; involve trial and error on a massive scale.<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; Grant<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; so after trial & error on a truly massive scale<br/>
&gt; i believe i may at least have found the farthest point on earth <br/>
 </span></blockquote>from <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; the sea<br/>
&gt; tho the farthest point on earth from land remains anyones <br/>
 </span></blockquote>guess<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt; & will surely be far more difficult to find than this<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; for unless i have missed something<br/>
&gt; there appears to be an unbeatable voronoi point or window<br/>
&gt; in the upper ulungur valley of northeastern sinkiang<br/>
&gt; at approximately north lat 46d03m by east long 89d09m<br/>
&gt; where the sea lies at least 1520 miles away in every direction<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; as the great circle crow flies from there<br/>
&gt; the closest points of maritime access are<br/>
&gt; the nadym estuary on the gulf of ob in siberia to the nnw<br/>
&gt; & the hai & jiyun estuaries on the bohai wan to the ene<br/>
&gt; & the ganges & jumna estuaries in bangladesh to the sse<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; & because the salt water penetrations are so highly variable<br/>
&gt; especially in the last mentioned cases<br/>
&gt; which are subject to extreme seasonal fluctuations<br/>
&gt; it is not likely that a more exactly equidistant location can be <br/>
&gt; determined within this general target area<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; in fact just calling it to the nearest whole degree<br/>
&gt; at n46 x e89 <br/>
&gt; might be more honest<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; determining the farthest point on earth from land tho<br/>
&gt; will probably require far more accuracy than this<br/>
&gt; as well as far more & far better data<br/>
&gt; not to mention far more patience </span></blockquote></div>