At 08:19 AM 9/5/01, you wrote:

BTW Randy: At least one nation has a ready-made monument in its national capital to measure distance from: in a park down by the river in Budapest there's a large concrete zero on a pedestal. It's the official zero milestone for the country - admittedly distances are measured along the roads at present, but the principle is there! Grant

Count the U.S. as well: http://www.nps.gov/whho/Statues/zero_milestone.htm

Bill