Geography
Planet Earth Wobbles As It Spins, and Now Scientists Know Why
"Humans are responsible for some of the wobble in Earth's spin."
Kentucky Bend – Atlas Obscura.
To get to part of Kentucky Bend from the rest of the state, you have to go through Tennessee.
If You’re On The Beach, This Map Shows You What’s Across The Ocean.
Northing-Easting
Do you think Northing-Easting / UTM will eventually replace latitude and longitude for coordinates on all printed topographic maps?
One could argue that Northing-Easting is harder to write down, hard to remember, and you have to make sure you set the proper the proper zone in your GPS before using.
On the other hand, latitude and longitude usually aren’t square on maps, because of projection issues. You can’t project latitude and longitude for maps (WGS 84) without significant distortions.
Google Maps uses Northing-Easting internally, but uses latitude and longitude for their user interfaces, including scripting. It works, but is a lot of internal conversions to make it work.
Why Is America Dotted with Giant, Concrete Arrows?
Don’t Confuse Your Highland and Highlands
One should never confuse the Town of Highlands in Orange County (containing West Point, Bear Mountain, and Bear Mountain Bridge on the Hudson River) with the Town of Highland in Sullivan County (containing Barryville, Eldred, Highland Lake, Minisink Ford and Yulan on Delaware River), with the Hamlet of Highland in the Town of Lloyd in Ulster County (which also borders the Hudson River, and contains the Mid-Hudson Bridge to Poughkeespie).
The hamlet of Highland is pronounced as two seperate words — “high land”, stressing the syllables. In contrast, the Town of Highland in Sullivan County and Highlands in Orange County rhymes with “island”.
You can also drive from Ulster County to Orange County to Sullivan County, without ever crossing any other counties.