The goal of the Degree Confluence Project is to have an organized sampling of the world by visiting each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world and take pictures at each location. Started by Alex Jarrett in February of 1996, there are currently 12,542 photographs taken by different people in 87 countries, along with narratives describing the adventures it took to get there. Visitors of the site can view the photographs and read the interesting stories, as well as learn how to find and take pictures of the degree confluence near them.