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TitleEarth circumnavigation monitoring website KeywordsDatabase, Web-based interface, 2D graphicsAbstract‘True circumnavigation of the Earth must: start and finish atthe same point, traveling in one general direction, reach twoantipodes, cross the equator, cross all longitudes, cover a minimum of 40,000km..' Explorers Web AdentureStats, 2007.The first circumnavigation passing through antipodal points was completed in 1522 by 18 members of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition to find a route to the Spice Islands bysailing west.The aim of this project is to create a web site where modern time world explorers (the general public) can store their journeys, plot them on a world map and get information regarding completion of their own circumnavigation of the globe, such as number of antipode pairs of points visited, crossings of the equator, tropics and longitudes and mile coverage.Outcomes and DeliverablesAn online database system that enables ‘explorers’ to store their journeysA 2D graphic interface that allows both plotting and drawing journeys on a world map A system calculating the different indicators associated to true circumnavigation, including number of antipode pairs of points visited, crossings of the equator, tropics and longitudes and mile coverageOptional: calculation of the shortest journey allowing completion of circumnavigation
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