[Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014

[Paul Johnson]

Yeah, second this statement, I regularly take out of town guests to the
Center of the Universe, particularly if we're on a pub crawl and need a cab
(since there's few cabbies that don't know where the center of the universe
or the airport are).


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Nathan Mills <nathan at nwacg.net> wrote:

> Sorry, the center of the universe is in Tulsa on the pedestrian bridge
> across the railroad tracks downtown.
>
> Also, Postgres tells me that the geographic center of the lower 48 is at
> 39.5359,-99.1558 (ish)
>
> Yours in precision,
> -Nathan
>
>
> Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:
>>
>> Just to remind everyone, we have a sign in the Fremont neighborhood of
>> Seattle that claims it is the Center of the Universe.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org>wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday, November 15, 2013, wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Seeing as how the “official” location of the lower 48’s centroid is
>>>> in north-central Kansas, I’d have to dispute your claim that Tulsa is the
>>>> closest major metro area. Looks to me that Lincoln, Nebraska would be the
>>>> closest. There’s also Wichita, Omaha, Topeka, and Kansas City.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Just going by the claims of some random KDOT sign along US 169 nearish
>>> Caney, stating it's at the geographic center of the lower 48th.
>>>
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>> Clifford
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