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LOST / Google Earth Hi-Jinks.

Google Earth, combined with an ever-growing obsession with Lost, equals the kind of geeky shenanigans that result in this: a Google guide to help the improbably well-groomed islanders figure out where they are. You just know that somewhere on that bloody island there is a laptop and a Wi-Fi connection just waiting to be discovered…

So, by taking the infamous numbers (4 8 15 16 23 & 42), and converting the digits into (admittedly rough and simplified) coordinates, keeping all the digits in their original order, we end up with 4.815, 162.342. By entering these coordinates into Google Earth’s search box, we are taken to a fairly barren point in the Pacific Ocean, and just North-East of these coordinates we find an island - specifically, the island of Kosrae, part of the Federated States of Micronesia. It seems the following description of Kosrae bears a significant resemblance (for the most part) to the island that the survivors find themselves stranded on:

“Second-largest and easternmost island in the Federated States of Micronesia, Kosrae is a one-isle state that has no outer islands. The lush green interior rises at impossible angles to form a Tahiti-esque skyline, and the perimeter is ringed with white coral beaches. In the whaling days of the 1800s, Kosrae was a regular stop for not only whalers but missionaries as well, which helped make this island one of the most devoutly religious in the Pacific.”

Ok, so it’s not entirely precise in the strictest sense of the word, but still, it is amusing. Please note that this is not meant to be taken too seriously, as some of the more zealous fans are prone to doing; this is just something funnny that I noticed. Please also remember that during all the poring over of the minutiae of the show one should always maintain a steadfast aura of jovial lightheartedness, so that one does not forget that beyond all the theories, coincidences and postulating that it’s still just a TV programme (even if it is one of the best in recent years and that it does indeed RULZ).

Lost/Google Earth Coordinates

File Name: lostgoogleearth.kmz

See also: Lost UK Promo (+ video)
Google Maps: (link)

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Comments

Subsisto Sermo Statim wrote:

[IMG I have been paying far too much attention to LOST lately…]

Posted 06 Oct 2005 at 8:58 am ¶
Skittles wrote:

Pretty cool! I love that show.

Posted 07 Oct 2005 at 10:30 am ¶
Beltane wrote:

I can’t help but think that they did that on purpose… that’s just a little too close to be coincidental, dontcha think?

Posted 13 Oct 2005 at 1:49 pm ¶
Giospurs wrote:

Obviously, it isn’t a coincedence.
What would be cool is if when ou zoom in they had a picture from Lost.

Posted 07 Dec 2005 at 6:39 pm ¶
??? wrote:

very good!I am from China.I like Lost!I like your opera!

Posted 19 May 2006 at 1:31 am ¶
swe wrote:

good job! I’m from china to!
I like lost

Posted 29 May 2006 at 9:43 am ¶
ZJ wrote:

bull shit,that is FSM(country)

Admin’s Reply: Get an attention span you fucking idiot.

Kosrae IS AN ISLAND IN MICRONESIA. You would have realised this if you had actually bothered to read the post properly - you would in fact see that it was mentioned TWICE (no really, go count them - if you can manage it).

You are just so incredibly fucking STUPID that I seriously wish I could shut down the whole internet right now just so that nobody else would have to listen to you.

You make George W. Bush look like Stephen Hawking’s younger, smarter cousin.

Posted 13 Jul 2006 at 1:17 am ¶
ZJ wrote:

1.wrong latitude & longitude.Because�4.815, 162.342�is sea,isn’t island.
2.FSM=Federated States of?Micronesia
3.you so angry:
�I seriously wish I could shut down the whole internet right now just so that nobody else would have to listen to you�
why not?
LOL,joking,unidiot.

Admin’s Reply:
1. I suggest that you:
(a) Load the file into Google Earth.
(b) Notice the giant island.
(c) Realise that this is all a bit of light-hearted hypothesising about a television show. Yes it’s imprecise but this is a FICTIONAL show that we are dealing with, I simply wrote about something amusing that I discovered.

2. This isn’t even an argument - you forgot to make a point, you dolt! Why do you continue to write the same crap when I have quite clearly pointed out that IT’S MENTIONED IN THE FUCKING POST YOU DAMN FOOL?!

3. Me so angry ? What do you expect when I have to deal with annoying little shits like you?

Bye now, it’s been real.

Posted 13 Jul 2006 at 3:45 am ¶

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