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| Layer Id | 87 | Name | Overlander |
| Description | Main destinations on the 'Overlander' route, sometimes known as the 'Hippie Trail' which was a fore-runner of backpacker culture. These locations were provided by Brian Pascoe, an earlier pioneer of this trail (before there were 'hippies'), who spent 6 years hitch hiking from Australia to England in the 1960s. | Subject Keywords | travel, 1960s, hitchhiking, backpacking, counter culture, hippie, travel, 1960s, hitchhiking, backpacking, counter culture, hippie |
| Type | Journey | Creator | Bill Pascoe |
| Publisher | Bill Pascoe | Contact | bill.pascoe@newcastle.edu.au |
| License | CC BY 4.0 | Rights | CC BY 4.0 |
| Citation | Brian Pascoe | Language | EN |
| Created At | 2021-02-18 22:39:05 | Updated At | 2025-08-23 14:36:30 |
| Ghap Url | https://test-ghap.tlcmap.org/layers/87 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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24 | - |
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Area
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60643907.565729 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((130.846 -12.4634,-7.98108 31.6295,-0.127758 51.5074,138.872242 52.5074,130.846 -12.4634)) | - |
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Density
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3.957528622968E-7 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(68.66694599999998 27.332001249999994) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((-7.98108 -12.4634,-7.98108 52.5074,138.872242 52.5074,138.872242 -12.4634,-7.98108 -12.4634)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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Peshawar | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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Darwin | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |