Talk:St. Louis, Missouri

Shouldn't the St. Louis graticule be 38, -90? 38, -91 is too far west and doesn't contain any of St. Louis, St. Louis county or even St. Charles or O'Fallon. Histumness 14:55, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

That may be a problem with the graticule template. I think the reference implementation shows the St. Louis graticule at 38, -91. --Space Cadet Dan 15:11, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Ohh okay. For some reason I was thinking the graticules were named by the northwestern coordinates. This way makes more sense though. Histumness 13:32, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Now, this([google maps]) map shows the St. Louis graticule as 38,-91, but it is too far to the left. I'm not sure which is correct now. The graticule article does say each graticule is named by the southwestern ordinate, and I'm fairly sure 38,-91 is the southwestern point of the graticule that covers St. Louis. Any ideas? --Space Cadet Dan 18:32, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

It is named by the Southwestern point, but that map's rectangle is based on 38,-91 as the Southeastern point. I think that the map's rectangle is incorrect. However, the insert on the STL page shows the right rectangle, but only by using 38,-90 as the coordinates in the URL. - NerdDrew 14:24, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

NerdDrew is right. 38,-91 is the southwestern point of the correct STL graticule. This can be verified by looking at this map. Since the wiki page says graticules are named by their southwestern coordinates, the STL graticule should definitely be 38,-91. However, I don't think that naming system is very good since it doesn't follow the implementation from comic #426 which shows you dropping everything after the decimal place of your current coordinates. To get that implementation to agree with the naming of graticules we would need to name them based on the southeastern coordinates for northwestern locations. This was noted in a comment by TLP on Talk:Main Page. Maybe we should wait until that issue is better addressed before we change anything? - Histumness 22:44, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately I can not make today or next week, but I hope to show up at some point in the future. - NerdDrew 18:27, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm out of town, so I can't make it today either. I do plan on trying next week. Anyone else going to be there? --Space Cadet Dan 18:37, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Scratch that. I can make it next week. It will be a quick meet and greet as I have a birthday to attend to that evening. - NerdDrew 01:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Since I couldn't make it today, a friend and I are going to go out tomorrow (Sunday) to test the coordinates. It's a nice location in a neighborhood in IL. Not a bad spot to go to. - NerdDrew 01:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Checking this morning for tomorrow's meet-up location told me it was originally near New Melle, however now a check describes it near the southern most point of I-55 in our graticule. This unfortunately puts me out of tomorrow's meetup. I have a birthday to attend and could not make it back in time. - NerdDrew 02:32, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Not like I'd have much chance anyway but I'm out too on birthday leave. MToolen 05:05, 31 May 2008 (UTC)