There is no way Washington's geographic center could be located 10 miles WSW of Wenatchee. That is way up north, and if you were to compare west to east distances starting with Washington's westernmost point of longitude to 10 miles WSW of Wenatchee, then that same distance east, you'd still be going miles east of Washington's easternmost point of longitude. If you go to Mapquest, type in Washington in state, and this will automatically center to the geographic center of the state (about 10-15 miles NNW of Ellensburg). 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't know how these locations were determined, but it seems very logical to me that the geographic center of Hawaii should be somewhere on land in Hawaii County, since it alone comprises more than five-eighths (5/8) of the entire state's land. Backspace ( talk) 02:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
The text of the table should use the same directional terms. For example, ENE or southsouthwest, instead of a mix of each. — MrDolomite • Talk 05:31, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
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The coördinates listed for the geographic center of Florida are about 60 miles southeast of the location given by the USGS as "12 miles north-northwest of Brooksville".
Inspection of a map reveals that the coördinates are clearly too far east and south to represent the geographic center of Florida. (Point "A" indicates Brooksville; point "B" indicates the coördinates.)
Michael S. Saunders ( talk) 22:21, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Done. BrainMarble ( talk) 22:37, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
The article claims that "the geographical center of the entire U.S. is northeast of Belle Fourche in Butte County, South Dakota 44°58′N 103°46′W / 44.967°N 103.767°W". Apparently someone decided Alaska is part of "entire" but Hawaii isn't or something. I thought about changing the wording to "continental" but that would just be speculative assumption: without a reference even given yet, I'm don't want to guess at what area was really included or excluded, or, more to the point, whether a claim dubiously marked as "entire" is even calculated correctly. -- Closeapple ( talk) 04:42, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
How exactly is a "geographic center" calculated? Is it simply the "central" coordinates of a bounding box (bounding quadrangle) containing the region in question? Or is it more like a center of mass, and if so, is that calculated in 3D cartesian coordinates or 2D lat/lon? Personally, I think the "best" method would be the 3D center of mass, but this article just doesn't say which method was used and I think that's a significant oversight. 99.177.172.109 ( talk) 06:03, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that most of the content of this page was sourced from http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ . There it also lists the coordinates of the centers of the states, something which is mostly missing here. I ran a script through to convert the pages, but I'd like some input before I commit the table to the article. Most specifically, I would like to make sure that I'm not overwriting anything that was sourced from somewhere separate, and that there are no other errors.
Josejuan05 ( talk) 01:14, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
The reference to a point near Trenton may be good, but the Latitude / Longitude shown to the right are for a different point much too far east. 69.125.206.185 ( talk) 07:20, 25 September 2013 (UTC)Ken Allison
There is no way Washington's geographic center could be located 10 miles WSW of Wenatchee. That is way up north, and if you were to compare west to east distances starting with Washington's westernmost point of longitude to 10 miles WSW of Wenatchee, then that same distance east, you'd still be going miles east of Washington's easternmost point of longitude. If you go to Mapquest, type in Washington in state, and this will automatically center to the geographic center of the state (about 10-15 miles NNW of Ellensburg). 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't know how these locations were determined, but it seems very logical to me that the geographic center of Hawaii should be somewhere on land in Hawaii County, since it alone comprises more than five-eighths (5/8) of the entire state's land. Backspace ( talk) 02:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
The text of the table should use the same directional terms. For example, ENE or southsouthwest, instead of a mix of each. — MrDolomite • Talk 05:31, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
{{geodata-check}}
The coördinates listed for the geographic center of Florida are about 60 miles southeast of the location given by the USGS as "12 miles north-northwest of Brooksville".
Inspection of a map reveals that the coördinates are clearly too far east and south to represent the geographic center of Florida. (Point "A" indicates Brooksville; point "B" indicates the coördinates.)
Michael S. Saunders ( talk) 22:21, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Done. BrainMarble ( talk) 22:37, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
The article claims that "the geographical center of the entire U.S. is northeast of Belle Fourche in Butte County, South Dakota 44°58′N 103°46′W / 44.967°N 103.767°W". Apparently someone decided Alaska is part of "entire" but Hawaii isn't or something. I thought about changing the wording to "continental" but that would just be speculative assumption: without a reference even given yet, I'm don't want to guess at what area was really included or excluded, or, more to the point, whether a claim dubiously marked as "entire" is even calculated correctly. -- Closeapple ( talk) 04:42, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
How exactly is a "geographic center" calculated? Is it simply the "central" coordinates of a bounding box (bounding quadrangle) containing the region in question? Or is it more like a center of mass, and if so, is that calculated in 3D cartesian coordinates or 2D lat/lon? Personally, I think the "best" method would be the 3D center of mass, but this article just doesn't say which method was used and I think that's a significant oversight. 99.177.172.109 ( talk) 06:03, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that most of the content of this page was sourced from http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ . There it also lists the coordinates of the centers of the states, something which is mostly missing here. I ran a script through to convert the pages, but I'd like some input before I commit the table to the article. Most specifically, I would like to make sure that I'm not overwriting anything that was sourced from somewhere separate, and that there are no other errors.
Josejuan05 ( talk) 01:14, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
The reference to a point near Trenton may be good, but the Latitude / Longitude shown to the right are for a different point much too far east. 69.125.206.185 ( talk) 07:20, 25 September 2013 (UTC)Ken Allison