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|style="color:#000;"| Welcome to the '''Geohashing Community Wiki'''.  [[Geohashing]] is a ''Spontaneous Adventure Generator'', brought to you by the [[xkcd]] webcomic.

[[Image:Coordinates.png|right|240 px|[[The Algorithm]], as shown in [[xkcd]] [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426].]]
[[xkcd]] [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426], published on 21 May 2008, contains an [[algorithm]] that generates random coordinates around the world every day.  Everyone in a given [[Graticule|region]] gets the same set of coordinates.  As such, these coordinates can be used as destinations for adventures, ''à la'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching Geocaching], or for local meetups.

For a little more interactive discussion, consider joining [irc://irc.foonetic.net/geohashing the #geohashing IRC channel] on Foonetic.
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|style="color:#000;"| '''Play with the coordinate calculator at [http://xkcd.com/geohashing http://xkcd.com/geohashing].'''  All coordinates refer to the [[wikipedia:WGS84|WGS84]] datum.

Every day, the [[algorithm]] generates a new set of coordinates for each 1°×1° latitude/longitude zone (known as a [[graticule]]) in the world.  They are randomly placed -- they could be in the forest, in a city, on a mountain, or even in the middle of a lake!  You can use this wiki to document the daily coordinates (geohashes) you've been to.

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Unless you can accurately predict the [[DJIA|stock market]] down to the penny, you can't figure out what the coordinates will be ahead of time.  You can first calculate a weekday's coordinates at about 09:30 [[ET]], and on Friday you can calculate the coordinates for each day that weekend.

When visiting geohash locations, please [[geotrashing|respect the area]] you are visiting.  Absolutely do not litter or otherwise disturb the natural integrity of the area.  However, if possible, creating some kind of a marker out of nearby materials (i.e. cairn of stones, blair-witch-style 'stick figures', etc.) is encouraged.
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|style="color:#000;"| [[Image:Noterminal portland sample_2.jpg|right|222 px|[[User:NoTerminal|NoTerminal]] and [[User:Drache|Drache]] at the [[2008-02-19 45 -122|19 February 2008 coordinates]] for Portland, Oregon]]
Official [[xkcd]] meetups happen every Saturday afternoon at that day's normal geohash coordinates.  All meetups start at 16:00* (local destination time).  If you go at these times, you might encounter other readers of xkcd.  Bring games!

In such cases when it is unwise to attempt to access the generated coordinates, the [[Saturday meetup]] is postponed until a day when the algorithm provides a more suitable location.  Alternatively, when the coordinates fall within a body of water, you can rent a boat and win the [[Water Geohash]] achievement.

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 * In some areas, 16:00 is too close to sunset during the winter, so earlier meetups are often more appropriate.  See [[All Graticules|individual graticule pages]] for local conventions.}}
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! {{datelink|2008-06-17|D d M}}
| ''(TBA)'' || 0.3042243, 0.1316005
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| 0.4015923, 0.1894812 || 0.6548626, 0.6964018
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! {{datelink|2008-06-15|D d M}}
| colspan=2 | 0.4753808, 0.7612767
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! {{datelink|2008-06-14|D d M}}
| colspan=2 | 0.8067463, 0.0388869
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| 0.5763790, 0.1583778 || 0.3216960, 0.2789543
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| 0.5114489, 0.6332663 || 0.7906706, 0.3355328
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| 0.4657200, 0.7263600 || 0.5535325, 0.3987999
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| 0.8758452, 0.0997684 || 0.0930472, 0.5111978
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|style="color:#000;"| Want to find geohashers in your local area?  See [[:Category:Active Graticules]] for a list of graticules with active users in them.
* Don't see your home area?  Follow the format and create a page for it!  We'd love to have you!
* An interactive map is available for [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/data/graticule.kml Google Earth] or on [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Firc.peeron.com%2Fxkcd%2Fmap%2Fdata%2Fgraticule.kml&ie=UTF8&ll=42.811522,-71.773682&spn=6.051885,9.733887&z=7 Google Maps].
* You can also attach your photos to this [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=102381707694098607871.00044e6104ed42cdc2ff4 Google Maps layer].
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|style="color:#000;"| A full list of reference and practical implementations can be found on the [[Implementations]] page.
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