Degree Confluence Visits

Degree confluence

A confluence is a flowing together; a meeting place (often of rivers). A degree confluence is the exact spot on the surface of the earth where an integer degree of latitude and an integer degree of longitude intersect.

Organised sampling of the earth

The goal of the Degree Confluence Project is to visit each of these invisible lines of latitude and longitude integer degree intersections throughout the world and to take photos at each location. The project can be regarded as an organised sampling of the world. There is a degree confluence within 79km of you if you are on the surface of the Earth. There are 16,298 degree confluences to visit after you discount all the confluences in the oceans and some near the poles.

Globe after Charton, 1988.

On the transparent globe above you see an example of a degree confluence at 40° north 60° west.

Definitions

Latitude (shown as horizontal lines on a map or globe) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are referred to as parallels.
Longitude (shown as vertical lines) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian. Lines of longitude are referred to as meridians.
An integer is a whole number, i.e. a number that does not have a fractional part.

Degree confluences in Myanmar

In Myanmar are sixty-five degree confluences of which many are on almost inaccessible spots. Until now I have visited only ten degree confluences in Myanmar. Click on any link in the first column of the table below to view the photos at that particular location.

Location

Place

Date of visit

DCP website

Google Earth

17° north 96° east

Yangon

December 5, 2005

19° north 95° east

Pyay

December 12, 2007

20° north 95° east

Magway

December 28, 2005

20° north 96° east

Nay Pyi Taw

December 4, 2008

20° north 97° east

Inle Lake Deep South

December 8, 2008

21° north 95° east

Nyaung U

January 3, 2005

21° north 96° east

Meiktila

December 16, 2005

21° north 97° east

Taunggyi

December 21, 2006

22° north 95° east

Monywa

January 5, 2006

22° north 96° east

Mandalay

December 24, 2006

On the DCP website you can read a short narrative about each visit

Google Earth

To see the degree confluences in Google Earth you have to download and install Google Earth first. Once downloaded and installed, your computer has become a window to anywhere on the planet, allowing you to view high-resolution aerial and satellite imagery and elevation terrain. After clicking on the Google Earth degree confluence links above, you will "fly" in the Google Earth 3D interface to the so called placemarks on the surface of the earth.

Interview with Radio Netherlands

Maurice Laparlière, a reporter from Radio Netherlands (the Dutch world broadcaster) would like to make a report about degree confluence hunting. He had discovered my degree confluence visit 21° north 95° east on this website and contacted me by e-mail asking if I was interested to be interviewed while searching for a degree confluence somewhere in The Netherlands.
We made an appointment and went with a tape recorder on the 3^rd of May, 2005 to make a degree confluence visit at 52° north and 6° east near the city of Arnhem in The Netherlands.
The interview was broadcasted worldwide on the 24^th of May, 2005.

Listen here to the interview (mp3 in Dutch)
Copyright © 2005, Radio Nederland Wereldomroep

Wereldwijde speurtocht naar iets onzichtbaars (Dutch)
Republished with the kind permission of Radio Nederland Wereldomroep

Myanmar (Burma) - Photo Gallery

Degree confluence A confluence is a flowing together; a meeting place (often of rivers). A degree confluence is the exact spot on the surface of the earth where an integer degree of latitude and an integer degree of longitude intersect. Organised sampling of the earth The goal of the Degree Confluence Project is to visit each of these invisible lines of latitude and longitude integer degree intersections throughout the world and to take photos at each location. The project can be regarded as an organised sampling of the world. There is a degree confluence within 79km of you if you are on the surface of the Earth. There are 16,298 degree confluences to visit after you discount all the confluences in the oceans and some near the poles. Globe after Charton, 1988. On the transparent globe above you see an example of a degree confluence at 40° north 60° west. Definitions Latitude (shown as horizontal lines on a map or globe) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are referred to as parallels. Longitude (shown as vertical lines) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian. Lines of longitude are referred to as meridians. An integer is a whole number, i.e. a number that does not have a fractional part. Degree confluences in Myanmar In Myanmar are sixty-five degree confluences of which many are on almost inaccessible spots. Until now I have visited only ten degree confluences in Myanmar. Click on any link in the first column of the table below to view the photos at that particular location.
	Location	Place	Date of visit	DCP website	Google Earth
	17° north 96° east	Yangon	December 5, 2005
	19° north 95° east	Pyay	December 12, 2007
	20° north 95° east	Magway	December 28, 2005
	20° north 96° east	Nay Pyi Taw	December 4, 2008
	20° north 97° east	Inle Lake Deep South	December 8, 2008
	21° north 95° east	Nyaung U	January 3, 2005
	21° north 96° east	Meiktila	December 16, 2005
	21° north 97° east	Taunggyi	December 21, 2006
	22° north 95° east	Monywa	January 5, 2006
	22° north 96° east	Mandalay	December 24, 2006
				On the DCP website you can read a short narrative about each visit
Google Earth To see the degree confluences in Google Earth you have to download and install Google Earth first. Once downloaded and installed, your computer has become a window to anywhere on the planet, allowing you to view high-resolution aerial and satellite imagery and elevation terrain. After clicking on the Google Earth degree confluence links above, you will "fly" in the Google Earth 3D interface to the so called placemarks on the surface of the earth. Interview with Radio Netherlands Maurice Laparlière, a reporter from Radio Netherlands (the Dutch world broadcaster) would like to make a report about degree confluence hunting. He had discovered my degree confluence visit 21° north 95° east on this website and contacted me by e-mail asking if I was interested to be interviewed while searching for a degree confluence somewhere in The Netherlands. We made an appointment and went with a tape recorder on the 3^rd of May, 2005 to make a degree confluence visit at 52° north and 6° east near the city of Arnhem in The Netherlands. The interview was broadcasted worldwide on the 24^th of May, 2005. Listen here to the interview (mp3 in Dutch) Copyright © 2005, Radio Nederland Wereldomroep Wereldwijde speurtocht naar iets onzichtbaars (Dutch) Republished with the kind permission of Radio Nederland Wereldomroep