I made this in 2022 in QGIS (but when I uploaded it on Reddit back then, you may find it as starting at Ste-Helena island… don’t ask me why, I don’t remember how I made that mistake when posting it)
Since it doesn’t actually specify “without flying over land”, you could get to all coastlines, everywhere 😁
New Zealand is highlighted but I don’t see any lines to it
It counts overseas territories/islands. It hits Raoul Island in the case of New Zealand.
A neat thing I read a while ago was that it is possible to travel in a straight line over the ocean from the east coast of Canada (Halifax I think) and make it to the west coast of Canada.
My friend drove back to Halifax from Vancouver at the beginning of covid. I would love to sail this route to see him again.
I don’t remember where I first read this factoid (if it is a factoid) but there are several articles mentioning that there are straight line ocean routes that are even longer than the distance from Nova Scotia to British Columbia … here is on illustration
Hitting Japan and Australia is breaking my brain
QGIS is cool software to learn, I should do it just to fuck around tbh…
This would be so cool as an interactive web app
Dang I never would’ve guessed Japan
How the European countries are reached? Is it by considering the colonies?
Yes, mostly some small islands somewhere in the Atlantic.
