Furthest East

So the previous communication about places of abode consisted of a group of friends who grew up on the Hertfordshire borders. Two of us lived in Essex, although A only live in Essex by about 20 metres, and two of us lived in Herts.

I have another bunch of friends from university and there are parts of the internet dedicated to them. We are further spread around the world as follows:

  • Me in Kent
  • M in Fulham
  • J in West End
  • R in Houston, TX
  • A in Atlanta, GA

It’s a more interesting question about cardinal extremities for this bunch.

Here’re the numbers [to within a few miles each]

  • Me –  51°19′ N   0°28′ E
  • M –  51°29′ N   0°11′ W
  • J –  51°20′ N   0°37′ W
  • R –  30°10′ N  95°30′ W
  • A –  34° 01′ N  84°14′ W

So, in summary R is furthest south and west by a long way. M is furthest north by about 10′ and I am furthest east. Yippee, I’m first to see the sun and more than likely the first to be asleep!

But, the plot thickens very slightly as there is another who should be included in this group but he isn’t part of the Fulham Five. K lives in the Midlands and given his approximate location is:

52°26′ N   1°34′ W

K is clearly the furthest north of all of us.

I am the only one in the eastern hemisphere though!

Who’s North

Recently in a discussion with a group of friends D ended by saying that all was quiet on the southern front. He lives in Offenbach and so, therefore, not that you know just yet, he lives furthest east of that particular group of friends.

friends map
Some Friends – Map

So, D gets the furthest east and also south but not by a great deal. I’ve got some calculations to do in a minute. J lives in Saltash and is clearly the furthest west, and close to being the southern most!

Now some numbers:

  •   J –  50° 24′ 21.78″N
  •   D –  50° 6′ 32.47″N

The north-south distance between these two is:

0° 17′ 49.31″

Which turns out to be 33km.

I was more interested in who is the furthest north and by how much. The numbers for those, are:

  •  Me – 51° 19′ 5.60″N
  •  A – 51° 20′ 6.24″N

You can see that’s pretty close. The north-south distance for these two is:

0° 1′ 0.64″

Which turns out to be 1.872km.

It’s much closer than the difference between the other two, but I am neither the most north, south, east or west. Boo.

 

 

[The domiciles of D and J have been approximated but with 33km between them that’s not particularly an issue].