+WildcatRegi Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I was working on some coordinates and wanted to see what was on the other side of the earth.... (that is to say my latitude was flipped (N-S) and my longitude was 180deg offset) Generally speaking, I'm sure there's exceptions, but the other side of the world is empty - only water. This seems to be true no matter where you are, including the poles! (Anarctic has land, North Pole does not) If you have a transparent globe, it is really visible. Even Australia has a nice ocean oposite to it - (the North Atlantic) and just about the right size. Just wondered if all you more educated geocachers have noticed this. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!" Quote Link to comment
Micqn Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 When I was a kid I was told that if I dug a hole straight through the Earth I would hit china. Well make that Horinger, China. Here's the map! The other side of the world from the Rosecrest Cache. Happy. Hunting. Quote Link to comment
targetdrone Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I swapped south for north and east for west in my home coordinates, and found a spot about 200 mile SSE of Perth, Australia. Between Broomehill and Kojonup. G'Day Mate. "It's free advice and worth every cent." Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Those coordinates are called antipodal points...we had a dicussion about them a while back. See it here "Peanuthead" included a real cool looking antipodal map. You can see it here "Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Make a hole with a gun perpendicular To the name of this town in a desktop globe Exit wound in a foreign nation Showing the home of the one this was written for My apartment looks upside down from there Water spirals the wrong way out the sink And her voice is a backwards record It's like a whirlpool, and it never ends. -- TMBG, Ana Ng Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann, und ich hab' auch im Blut Quote Link to comment
targetdrone Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 quote:Originally posted by targetdrone:I swapped south for north and east for west in my home coordinates, and found a spot about 200 mile SSE of Perth, Australia. Between Broomehill and Kojonup. G'Day Mate. Yes, I know that's not the same as antipodal points, but being about 2200 miles east of Capetown, SA in the middle of the Indian Ocean is not as interesting. "It's free advice and worth every cent." Quote Link to comment
+Dave_W6DPS Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 When I got a new computerized telescope I put my lat/lon in without the "-" on the longitude. After a night being told everything I wanted to look at was below the horizon, I checked their website and found out this is the number one set-up mistake. So, even astronomy nerds can do dumb things. My two cents worth, refunds available on request. (US funds only) Quote Link to comment
+MaxEntropy Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Computerized telescope...very high nerd factor (coefficient of nerdness) indeed. Well done, congratulations. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle. Quote Link to comment
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