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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_meridians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_meridians The Washington meridians are four meridians that were u

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_meridians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_meridians The Washington meridians are four meridians that were used as prime meridians in the United States which pass through Washington, D.C.

decimalenough 7d ago
Don't give Trump any ideas.
- t-3 7d ago
  The Meridian of America... coming soon on a limited edition Golden Map of America. Featuring all 244 American States!
somat 7d ago
This is the source of my favorite border dispute. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tahoe#Interstate_boundary_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tahoe#Interstate_boundary... In summary there is a border dispute between California and Nevada, It was exacerbated by some surveying errors but the real problem appears to be the definitions of the sate borders, California was defined using one method(120 degrees longitude west of Greenwich) and Nevada was defined using another method (37 degrees longitude west of Washington) at the time it was thought these two methods were equivalent but it later turned out they are not. Congress does not have the authority to change state borders so it is up to the states to reach an agreement. and they have not. So the dispute is still technically on going. Researching this also lead to the most hilarious passive aggressive thing I have seen in a constitution. "All territory lying West of and adjoining the boundary line herein prescribed, which the State of California may relinquish to the Territory or State of Nevada, shall thereupon be embraced within and constitute a part of this State." We really wanted that area east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, they would form a perfect natural boundary, but CA has already claimed it. If CA ever wants to give it up we want to make sure it is explicitly in the constitution to accept it.
- emmelaich 7d ago
  Semi-related, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Times_at_the_El_Royale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Times_at_the_El_Royale is a great movie.
  - somat 6d ago
    I just got nerd sniped by the room map in the movie, it is a minor 30 second scene where the clerk shows the guests a map of the hotel so they can pick their room. The hotel in question is placed so it bisects the CA/NV state line. this line is north/south (there is a compass rose present) so we know Lake Tahoe is south of the hotel(the center of Lake Tahoe is where the state line stop going north/south and turns to the south east) And the movie places the hotel to be near Lake Tahoe. However that map has a arrow pointing north marked "The Lake". Oh no my immersion is ruined How terrible. Except, I half suspect the map designer did that on purpose, A subtle gag, sort of planting the fictional hotel in "the twilight zone"
ks2048 7d ago
Sounds like a decent name for a sports team - should have used that instead of Commanders.

decimalenough 7d ago

Don't give Trump any ideas.

t-3 7d ago
The Meridian of America... coming soon on a limited edition Golden Map of America. Featuring all 244 American States!

somat 7d ago

This is the source of my favorite border dispute. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tahoe#Interstate_boundary_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tahoe#Interstate_boundary... In summary there is a border dispute between California and Nevada, It was exacerbated by some surveying errors but the real problem appears to be the definitions of the sate borders, California was defined using one method(120 degrees longitude west of Greenwich) and Nevada was defined using another method (37 degrees longitude west of Washington) at the time it was thought these two methods were equivalent but it later turned out they are not. Congress does not have the authority to change state borders so it is up to the states to reach an agreement. and they have not. So the dispute is still technically on going. Researching this also lead to the most hilarious passive aggressive thing I have seen in a constitution. "All territory lying West of and adjoining the boundary line herein prescribed, which the State of California may relinquish to the Territory or State of Nevada, shall thereupon be embraced within and constitute a part of this State." We really wanted that area east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, they would form a perfect natural boundary, but CA has already claimed it. If CA ever wants to give it up we want to make sure it is explicitly in the constitution to accept it.

emmelaich 7d ago
Semi-related, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Times_at_the_El_Royale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Times_at_the_El_Royale is a great movie.
- somat 6d ago
  I just got nerd sniped by the room map in the movie, it is a minor 30 second scene where the clerk shows the guests a map of the hotel so they can pick their room. The hotel in question is placed so it bisects the CA/NV state line. this line is north/south (there is a compass rose present) so we know Lake Tahoe is south of the hotel(the center of Lake Tahoe is where the state line stop going north/south and turns to the south east) And the movie places the hotel to be near Lake Tahoe. However that map has a arrow pointing north marked "The Lake". Oh no my immersion is ruined How terrible. Except, I half suspect the map designer did that on purpose, A subtle gag, sort of planting the fictional hotel in "the twilight zone"

ks2048 7d ago

Sounds like a decent name for a sports team - should have used that instead of Commanders.