OnMyLine

You are on a line. So is half the world. On My Line answers a question most maps never ask: who else is on my latitude, and who is on my longitude? Open the app and it draws your parallel and your meridian across the globe, then lists every town, mountain, island, volcano, airport and landmark that stands on them — west and east of you, north and south of you, all the way around. The results are rarely what you expect. Aalsmeer turns out to share its parallel with Astana and Sakhalin. Follow its meridian south and you pass Lyon, Algiers and Lagos. WHAT YOU GET • Two feeds — Parallel and Meridian — read as a journey outward from where you stand, with the distance along the line and how far each place sits off it. • A map with both lines drawn true, your position, and every place marked. • The antipode: the exact point on the opposite side of the Earth, and the nearest land to it. • Any…