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minus-squarehopelinkEnglish15•1 month agoFun fact, the easternmost point in the US is actually on Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month agoSo this is only technically true. If we chose another place for the zero meridian, it wouldn’t be the case. Reasonably you’d plot the entire US on a map and find the easternmost point.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoJust did that and Semisopochnoi Island still came out as the easternmost point.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 month agoYeah, OP’s instructions were vague. I think they mean to set the origin of the coordinate system as the centroid of all US territory.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 month agoPast Randal Monroe was bothered that the US isn’t the center of everything, apparently.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoThe westernmost point is also in Alaska.
Fun fact, the easternmost point in the US is actually on Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska.
So this is only technically true.
If we chose another place for the zero meridian, it wouldn’t be the case. Reasonably you’d plot the entire US on a map and find the easternmost point.
Just did that and Semisopochnoi Island still came out as the easternmost point.
Yeah, OP’s instructions were vague. I think they mean to set the origin of the coordinate system as the centroid of all US territory.
https://xkcd.com/503/
Past Randal Monroe was bothered that the US isn’t the center of everything, apparently.
The westernmost point is also in Alaska.