i like this sort of project; the main website is slashdotted to death at the moment, but the goals reflect a combination of technology and artful pointlessness that i appreciate…

[www.wired.com]

[www.confluence.org] — When Alex Jarrett packed up his GPS navigator and trekked to a bog near his New Hampshire vacation spot eight years ago, he had no idea he’d be starting a global craze.

Mostly, Jarrett said, he wanted to find something to do with the global positioning satellite mapping device he’d bought a year ago. So he scanned a topographic map he’d picked up for his trip and noticed that a few miles away a longitude line intersected with a latitude line. He hiked to the point, a bog near a swamp, and snapped a digital photo. Back at home, he created a website and posted the picture online.

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But a couple of years later, as GPS devices and digital cameras became both cheaper and more widely available, the site began to draw attention. Slowly, people who’d never met Jarrett began to add their photos and travel stories.