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The point on the Earth's surface defined as Null Island is located in international waters in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 600 kilometres (370 mi) off the coast of West Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea. A weather buoy, named the Soul buoy after the soul music genre, is permanently moored at the location.
May 9, 2016 · Null Island is a curious blend of real and imaginary geography, of mathematical certainty and pure fantasy. Or it’s just the site of a weather observation buoy.
Mar 25, 2022 · This location, in the Gulf of Guinea, is where non-geocoded data goes to die. Recently renamed “Null Island,” it has also captured the imagination — and acquired a map and several flags ...
May 11, 2016 · After years of geocoder errors, Null Island has a bunch of addresses and places labelled to it that do not, in reality, exist there. This means that it is one of the most interesting, most visited places on Earth, despite the fact that it's only a data dump that's been fictionalised by geographers.
Apr 22, 2016 · Null Island is an imaginary island located at 0°N 0°E (hence “Null”) in the South Atlantic Ocean. This point is where the Equator meets the Prime Meridian.
Aug 12, 2023 · What is Null Island? “Null Island” is a bit of an ongoing inside joke in the world of GIS. It’s actually a place that doesn’t exist in the world today. But rather it’s a set of geographical coordinates where the equator (latitude 0°) intersects with the prime meridian (longitude 0°).
Aug 23, 2021 · Despite being more than 300 miles from the nearest land, Null Island isn’t completely desolate. If you were to travel there, you would find a lonely buoy bobbing in the sea.
May 4, 2022 · The location of “Null Island” — a place that doesn’t exist outside of databases. In a new paper, researchers refer to it as “the most real of fictional places.”
Dec 21, 2019 · What is the purpose of Null Island? Null Island was designated for troubleshooting purposes as a way to flag geocoding failures. Since Null Island is a remote location found over open waters off the coast of Africa, this was an ideal place to “map” errant location data.
Apr 10, 2022 · Suddenly, maps were drawn of Null Island, flags designed, fake backstories conjured up. Squint, and you can almost see the island now. A small, tropical purgatory, far away from anywhere that matters, home to uncountable damaged and incomplete data points, stranded until they are fixed or erased.
