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I would like to travel to the loneliest place on earth. I define it as being the farthest from any human settlement. The place has to be on the land and not in the sea.

I tried to google, but couldn't find any information on how to calculate it.

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  • This needs to be move to here http://travel.stackexchange.com/ – PROBERT Jun 23 '16 at 00:05
  • Thank you for your reply. But I guess tracing a travelling route will be my second but minor problem. The challenge here is to find geographical coordinates of the farthest point from human settlements (cities, villages etc). I guess it is somewhere in Antarctica, but what about other continents. – user3026401 Jun 23 '16 at 00:13
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    Are you wanting to find a way to calculate the location using GIS software, or do you just want to know where it is? – Midavalo Jun 23 '16 at 00:19
  • To be on-topic here you need to be using GIS software to try and determine it. If you do not use GIS, then choosing that will be your first task. Then I think you will need to find spatial data that represents what you define as "human settlements". – PolyGeo Jun 23 '16 at 00:21
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    I actually find this a fascinating question, although as it is worded it's not on-topic. – Midavalo Jun 23 '16 at 00:24
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    You could pull in the ENTIRE OpenStreetMap file and figure out the furthest place from any road...? – DPSSpatial_BoycottingGISSE Jun 23 '16 at 00:26
  • I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it seems to be requesting someone else to perform a GIS task instead of asking for help to achieve a GIS task. To learn about the scope of the site an introduction is provided in our 2-minute [Tour]. – PolyGeo Jun 23 '16 at 00:30
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    http://sometimes-interesting.com/2012/01/11/the-most-remote-island-in-the-world/ – mdsumner Jun 23 '16 at 01:31
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    There's Maralinga in South Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maralinga, inside a restricted military area. Bikini Atoll or Moruroa Atoll? https://www.bikiniatoll.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moruroa not too many tourists there since atomic scientists blew them up with nuclear tests... you'll come back positively glowing from that trip. – Michael Stimson Jun 23 '16 at 02:30
  • Near the south pole according to your definition.Note that there are a few research stations, though – radouxju Jun 23 '16 at 05:47
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    @MichaelMiles-Stimson Positively glowing! Love it – Midavalo Jun 23 '16 at 06:36
  • @MichaelMiles-Stimson - "...not too many tourists there since atomic scientists blew them up with nuclear tests...". I had to read this sentence a couple of times before I realised you meant the areas and not the tourists themselves =) – Joseph Jun 23 '16 at 09:02

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