+NomadVW Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Degree confluences worldwide. I know this is done elsewhere, but here's an opportunity to keep all the activity within a single site. VW Link to comment
+Cached Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 sounds better than some of the others! Link to comment
+WascoZooKeeper Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 The only advantage I can see would be that it would open up a whole new universe of FTF opportunities. I think these are handled very well by the Degree Confluence Project and see no compelling need to duplicate their program here. Link to comment
+NomadVW Posted November 4, 2005 Author Share Posted November 4, 2005 bumpity... bigger audience for opinions now. Link to comment
+Team Neos Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Question: I looked around the degree confluences project pages and at some of the submissions but did not see the answer to this question. Each confluence gets only one visit? So that when they are all found, the project is done??? (Ok that was a second question--sorry). Link to comment
+NomadVW Posted November 4, 2005 Author Share Posted November 4, 2005 Ayeppers. That's why I kinda thought this would be more interesting to have them here. Link to comment
Utsman Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 I think it should be added besides getting the FTF more people can log there finds and makes it interesting when ones in the middles of a swamp. Link to comment
+mini cacher Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 This is not a yah or nay vote but I have to ask the obvious question. Why do we need to post the coords to these places? Isn't it pretty obvious what the coords are to the 37°N 118°W Confluence? I'm thinking it would be 37°N 118°W. Am I wrong? Link to comment
+Team Neos Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 No, we wouldn't need to post the confluence points...but...we would need to post cords for "as close as we could get" because some of these are in the middle of something (like a building) so that you can't get to actual zero. It might be interesting to see the changes in these places over time, even over various seasons. Maybe an additional element could be added, such as "look what I spotted at the confluence" with a photo of a scarecrow in the middle of the field, or a raptor swooping down to pick up prey, etc. I went through many of the gallery pictures in the US today. The only thing that concerns me is that many of these are on what looks to be private property. While folks might have welcomed the one visit for the Confluence project, they likely won't be as thrilled with multiple people wanting to cross their land to get a waymark. Thoughts? Link to comment
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