2025-06-03 64 25

Location

On Kainuuntie road in Maikkula, Oulu.

Participants

Kripakko
Kripakko’s wife

Expedition

An easy geohash in Oulu! It would be very easy to reach, however unfortunately no cyclists or pedestrians are permitted on this road, so it would have to be visited by car. We went for a quick drive in the evening.

I let Wife drive and sat in the back where I would be able to take photos freely. I told her where to go; we went past the hashpoint, turned about in a roundabout and finally drove through the point. It was located on an acceleration lane in the intersection area, and we had to approach it from this direction because otherwise we would be doing unnecessary (and illegal) lane changes. We went back home immediately thereafter.

According to the tracklog, the trip took only 19 minutes. I calculated afterwards that the nearest point of the linear interpolation of the tracklog was about 2.1 metres from the geohash coordinates, so close enough, I guess. The GPS uncertainty is typically about three or four metres. I did not have it on the display this time because I had chosen to display the current speed instead. Maybe next time it would be better to leave the time of day out.

Tracklog

Photos

About to turn right to Kainuuntie road.
About to turn left to Maikkulantie road.
The hashpoint is somewhere there across the road.
After turning around, about to turn towards the hashpoint. The speed limit is 60 km/h in the intersection area.
A hard right turn just before...
...and the end of the acceleration lane just after the hashpoint. The speed limit turns from 60 into 80 km/h a little after this point.
Screenshots of the GPS receiver around the hashpoint. We were going a little over the speed limit.