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our new home [22-Feb-02] Feb 22: as of 5PM EST, our website is now on our new webserver. For more information, see the Web Host Migration page. fifth time's the charm [05-Feb-02] Uwe Luettringhaus was the first visitor to 34°N 118°W since selective availability was disabled. His narrative details area topography, and how the five visits can look so different. a new home [04-Feb-02] See our Web Host Migration page for information about our move to a new home. calling all ships and yachts... [23-Jan-02] We've recently indexed many water confluences with mathematically verifiable views of land. This has added quite a few new island countries to the country page. an oz christmas [29-Dec-01] A mammoth confluence trip through outback NSW over the Christmas break resulted in 14 successful visits, including 12 previously unvisited confluences. The trip started at 34°S 145°E. 10 percent [21-Dec-01] Based on the currently indexed confluences, 10% of the primary confluences have now been visited! first visit in russia [13-Dec-01] The first known confluence visit in Russia was made on the 12th of December! t-shirts, mugs and caps [23-Nov-01] We're selling new T-shirts, mugs and caps through CafePress.com to support the project. Proceeds will go toward minor expenses and incorporating as a non-profit organization. journey through china [05-Nov-01] Tony Basoglu and Targ Parsons completed a great tour of southern China, visiting six confluences in 72 hours. The story begins with 21°N 110°E. weird confluences [26-Oct-01] Tim Vasquez has created a great list of unusual or memorable confluences, mostly in the United States. an eclectic visit [25-Oct-01] A trip to european countries [22-Oct-01] Ireland and Hungary both have both had their final confluence visited recently, although pakistan & indonesia [16-Oct-01] In Indonesia, the hunters slogged waist-deep through swampy jungle to finally reach 1°N 101°E. And a news reporter visited the first in Pakistan, at 30°N 67°E. swedish confluence hunt [24-Sep-01] Inspired by The Confluence Project, Sweden have started their own national hunt for the 52 major intersections of their domestic grid system (RT90): http://www.utsidan.se/ gps/rt90/index.htm (Warning: The web page is in Swedish!) two from india [19-Sep-01] India's first confluence is inside the gates of a car factory, at 13°N 80°E. The second is passed by hundreds each day, at 29°N 77°E. rugged terrain [12-Sep-01] For the first successful visit to 38°N, 110°W, Dustin and his father parked about 44 miles away, where they figured they had the closest approach by paved road, and dirt biked in. Later, David Wallentine, unaware of the first visit as it had not been posted, gave up when faced with multiple cliffs and mesas. maps, anyone? [02-Sep-01] We've recently added maps for more countries and regions, on their respective pages. You'll be able to see at a glance which points have been visited or attempted, and which ones still remain to be done. You can also click on the point to see the page for that confluence. Visits will appear on the maps within 24 hours of being posted. international date line [27-Aug-01] A special visit to the 180° longitude line in Fiji is the historical location of the International Date Line. australia = 100 [26-Aug-01] Successful visits to 20°S 140°E and 20°S 138°E in Queensland and the Northern Territory take Australia's successful visits to 100! egypt & kuwait [26-Aug-01] 31°N 31°E, the first confluence in Egypt, is next to an irrigation canal, and the first attempt of the only confluence in Kuwait was thwarted by border guards and a nasty looking fence at 29°N 48°E. Older news... |