2020-07-16 38 -77
| Thu 16 Jul 2020 in 38,-77: 38.8785339, -77.1120635 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In front of (or maybe behind?) an apartment building in Arlington, VA. Notably, the point was less than ONE MILE away!
Participants
Expedition
As soon as I noticed how close the point was, I knew I needed to reach the spot. Not only was the point extremely close to my house, I knew that area well - I've quite often gotten coffee and doughnuts from the coffee shop right next door. In all my years of geohashing, I don't think I've ever had a point so close to my house.
I've just started running again, and I was planning to go on a longer run tomorrow morning. Nevertheless, I thought it might be good to run back as I was so close. I started walking towards the point, and along the way I came across a Bird electric scooter someone had parked there. I hopped on and scootered to the hash (could this be the first hashpoint reached via electric scooter?)
Unfortunately, once I reached where I believed the point to be, I was dismayed to find that the GPS was confused as to my location, probably due to the several larger apartment buildings nearby. It was locating me on the other side of Glebe Rd, and therefore 40-60 meters away from the point. I walked back and forth for a while, trying to see if I could get it to reset to a more accurate reading, but I could not. Eventually I became convinced that regardless of where the hashpoint was, I had probably walked over it at some point. However, I still wanted a screenshot proof, which seemed to be pesky.
My solution? I walked around the entire building to the Southwest side. Here, my GPS seemed to be convinced that I was standing directly on the point (although in reality I'm sure I was about 20-30 meters to the South). Nevertheless, I took a screenshot and I took a picture of the view from where I was standing. These pictures are below.
To conclude, I know I stood on the spot - but I'm not sure exactly WHEN I stood on the spot. Regardless, I was happy to get a geohash through such a quick, short trip! And I had a good run home.
Photos
View from where I stood, on the spot my GPS believed to be the hashpoint.
Proof (although I was actually standing on the alley 20 meters to the SW).
