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minus-squarehope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoFun fact, the easternmost point in the US is actually on Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska.
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThe westernmost point is also in Alaska.
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day 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-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoJust did that and Semisopochnoi Island still came out as the easternmost point.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 hours 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-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-213 hours agoPast Randal Monroe was bothered that the US isn’t the center of everything, apparently.
Fun fact, the easternmost point in the US is actually on Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska.
The westernmost point is also 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.