Interesting geography

[Captain Pre-Capsize]

Which is further west - Atlanta or Detroit? I missed it too. The answer is Atlanta, how odd is that?

How about you, anything come to mind?

 

[jmudrick]

I always liked the El Paso is closer to San Diego than it is to Houston observation. 20 miles driving distance difference.

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[KUfan]

The one that gets me is the western-most point of South America is EAST of the tip of Florida. I used to think South America was due south of the United States, not east-southeast.

 

[Mick]

 

[Billski]

It takes too much thought. Thinking is out.

 

[sentrydriver]

How about Reno being farther west than Los Angeles?

 

[Doc4]

"Says here Atlanta is actually farther west than Detroit. Now, if we were in Detroit I could get you Dapper Dan no problem. But here, it'll take two weeks."

 

[RigelDust]

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"Says here Atlanta is actually farther west than Detroit. Now, if we were in Detroit I could get you Dapper Dan no problem. But here, it'll take two weeks."

I asked you heads or tails.

 

[Ted A]

Paris is north of Minneapolis

 

[oc_in_fw]

Paris is north of Minneapolis

Wild, but the Gulf Stream keeps Paris temperate.

 

[captp]

Alaska is the farthest West AND the farthest East state in the U.S.

 

[rbscebu]

Cairns is further west than Bourke.

 

[Bakker1964]

Canada is south of Detroit.

Also . . .

We think of Canada as a long way north – but half its population lives south of Milan - City Monitor

This article was originally posted on David Taylor’s data visualisation blog Prooffreader.com in November 2013. David very kindly agreed to let us repost it here, which is pretty lovely

www.citymetric.com

 

[Alacrity59]

Alaska is the farthest West AND the farthest East state in the U.S.

I'm not grocking this. Can I also say Alaska is the farthest North and farthest South state in the U.S?

 

[KW Driver]

I'm not grocking this. Can I also say Alaska is the farthest North and farthest South state in the U.S?

where’s the international date line? Where’s Alaska in relation to it?

 

[Alacrity59]

What direction are we going? Are you saying that right now it is both today and tomorrow at the North Pole? If you take one step due South from the North Pole and then keep going . . . .where do you end up at the Equator?

 

[2Vu5_T]

41 Maps That Portray The Lesser Known Facts About America

#11 cracks me up.

 

[Ed Gcom]

Orlando (Hot & Humid) is South of Cairo (Hot & Dry)

 

[Bakker1964]

What direction are we going? Are you saying that right now it is both today and tomorrow at the North Pole? If you take one step due South from the North Pole and then keep going . . . .where do you end up at the Equator?

The North Pole is in Canada, not Alaska.

And the quirk is in relation to the International dateline. If you head east from, say, Maine, you will leave the US. BUT, before you reach the International Dateline, you can again enter US territory and thus Alaska CAN be said to be the furthest easterly point in the USA. It's a bit of a nerdy little thing, but so is this thread.

 

[Bakker1964]

The watershed map is pretty cool.