Difference between revisions of "Calgary, Alberta"

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Calgary, Alberta, is a split city. It is centered on 51°N, 114°W, and therefore split into four graticules.

The 51°N circle of latitude passes along 59th or 60th Avenue S. 114°W is represented by parts of Highway 2/Deerfoot Trail, Barlow Trail, Ogden Road, and 24 Street E.. The creatively-named Meridian Road runs just alongside Barlow. South of Fish Creek Park, the meridian roughly follows the Bow River.

External Links

Gylbert Algorithm solution to the split city problem

On the xkcd Blag, Gylbert suggested that each week, Calgarians look at all four locations and pick the location which is closest to exactly 51°N, 114°W. See the Gylbert Algorithm page for details.

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-{{GraticuleQ
-| mapnw = <map lat="51" lon="-114" />
-| mapsw = <map lat="50" lon="-114" />
-| mapne = <map lat="51" lon="-113" />
-| mapse = <map lat="50" lon="-113" />
-| name = Calgary
-| nw = [[Nordegg, Alberta|Nordegg]]
-| nnw = [[Rocky Mountain House, Alberta|Rocky Mountain House]]
-| nne = [[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]]
-| ne = [[Stettler, Alberta|Stettler]]
-| wnw = [[Banff, Alberta|Banff]]
-| ene = [[Drumheller, Alberta|Drumheller]]
-| wsw = [[Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia|Fairmont Hot Springs]]
-| ese = [[Vauxhall, Alberta|Vauxhall]]
-| sw = [[Cranbrook, British Columbia|Cranbrook]]
-| ssw = [[Crowsnest Pass, Alberta|Crowsnest Pass]]
-| sse = [[Pincher Creek, Alberta|Pincher Creek]]
-| se = [[Lethbridge, Alberta|Lethbridge]]
-}}
 Calgary, Alberta, is a [[split city]]. It is centered on 51°N, 114°W, and therefore split into four [[graticule]]s.
-==Geography of the four quadrants==
+*[[51,-114]]: [[Calgary NW, Alberta]]
-According to the [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/], the 51°N circle of latitude passes along 59th or 60th Avenue S. 114°W is represented by parts of Highway 2/Deerfoot Trail, Barlow Trail, Ogden Road, and 24 Street E.. The creatively-named Meridian Road runs just alongside Barlow. South of Fish Creek Park, the meridian roughly follows the Bow River.
+*[[51,-113]]: [[Calgary NE, Alberta]]
+*[[50,-114]]: [[Calgary SW, Alberta]]
-The majority of the city, and the University, are in the NW quadrant, which encompasses Ghost Lake and reaches the edge of the mountains at its SW corner.
+*[[50,-113]]: [[Calgary SE, Alberta]]
-The SW quadrant reaches deep into the Kananaskis Country and over the continental divide into British Columbia.
-The NE quadrant reaches the Badlands.
-The SE quadrant contains the reaches of the Bow below Calgary, and extends as far east as Gleichen.
-The northern quadrants extend as far north as Innisfail (most of the way to Red Deer), the southern ones as far south as Claresholm (most of the way to the latitude of Lethbridge).
-==Official Meetup==
+The 51°N circle of latitude passes along 59th or 60th Avenue S. 114°W is represented by parts of Highway 2/Deerfoot Trail, Barlow Trail, Ogden Road, and 24 Street E.. The creatively-named Meridian Road runs just alongside Barlow. South of Fish Creek Park, the meridian roughly follows the Bow River.
-In accordance with the [[Main_Page#Official_Meetup|Main Page]], the official meetup will be held every Saturday at 4pm Mountain Time.
-== Local Geohashers ==
-* [[User:Dryorange|Leah]]
-* [[User:Lanithion|Dave]]
 ==External Links==
-*[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=51&long=-114&zoom=8&abs=1 Calgary on the Official Geohashing Coordinate Calculator] - compute today's geohashed coordinates (available only after 10:30am Central).
+*[http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51&lon=-114&zoom=10&layers=B0FT Calgary on OpenStreetMap]
+*[http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51&lon=-114&z=10&l=0&m=a&v=2 Calgary on Wikimapia]
-*[http://staticfree.info/geohash/atom/51,-113 Official Atom feed for N.E. Calgary]
-*[http://staticfree.info/geohash/atom/50,-114 Official Atom feed for S.W. Calgary]
-*[http://staticfree.info/geohash/atom/50,-113 Official Atom feed for S.E. Calgary]
-*[http://staticfree.info/geohash/atom/51,-114 Official Atom feed for N.W.Calgary]
-*[http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.017&lon=-114.048&zoom=10&layers=B0FT Calgary on OpenStreetMap]
-*[http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51.0133227&lon=-114.0628052&z=10&l=0&m=a&v=2 Calgary on Wikimapia]
 ==Gylbert Algorithm solution to the split city problem==
 On the xkcd Blag, Gylbert suggested that each week, Calgarians look at all four locations and pick the location which is closest to ''exactly'' 51°N, 114°W. See the [[Gylbert Algorithm]] page for details.
-[[Category:Alberta]]
-[[Category:British Columbia]]
 [[Category:Split cities]]
-[[Category:Inactive graticules]]