Have you ever wondered what would happen if you walked in a straight line around the world from Northern Virginia? Wonder no longer, wanderer.
Let us introduce you to LatLon Connect, an online tool that allows users to explore cities across the world that share the same latitude and longitude.
Here’s how it works
- Head to the site and type in any city you like.
- Follow the blue lines in any direction to see which other cities are highlighted. Those are the ones directly in line with your original destination.
- Bonus: The settings button at the top of the screen allows users to tweak the results, meaning you can look for cities with smaller or greater populations, and you can expand the buffer distance — altering the number of cities that will show up.
Here’s what we found
In our search, we stuck with the default settings, looking for places with 100,000+ people with a buffer zone of 6.21 miles (that’s 10 kilometers). We used NOVA’s most populous city, Arlington, as our base.
Dozens of results popped up, with the most populated city lying 3,500 miles south of us: Lima, the capital city of Peru, pictured above. Around 7 million people call its metropolitan area home.
The largest US city Arlington is aligned with? Find out for yourself.
For more info on our international connections, we threw together a virtual tour of our sister cities.
