On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 08:08 -0800, Martin Baker wrote: > Well, if you look at a globe, there is a point in one of the outmost > Aleutians( probably not shown on streets and trips, cause there aren't gonna > be any streets..) That is just over the 180 line, thereby making it part of > the Eastern Hemisphere, and that will be a short single malt, with a water > back... That's exactly what I was looking at, hence the 172.45 EAST I mentioned (a point past the 180 line). Streets and trips is quite complete, even for areas that don't have roads (Attu island). TTYL > -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of > Herbert Graf > Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 9:14 PM > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: Re: [OT] Geography Olympics > > On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 21:13 -0500, Roy E. Burrage wrote: > > Isn't Alaska the Westernmost (the Aleutians) and North Carolina the > > Easternmost? > > According to streets and trips the western most part of Alaska (an > island nammed Attu) is at: > ~172.45 East > > Westernmost part of Hawaii is at: > ~160.25 West > > So Alaska wins that one. > > As for eastern most a quick look shows the tip of Maine at: > ~66.95 West > > Nothing else comes close on this one, unless you count the virgin > islands. > > Note this is only visual using streets and trips, I might have missed > something. TTYL > > > ----------------------------- > Herbert's PIC Stuff: > http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/ > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- ----------------------------- Herbert's PIC Stuff: http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/ _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist