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[[Image:2008-05-23 View.jpg|thumb|300px|Man, geohashing is turning out ''awesome''.]] | [[Image:2008-05-23 View.jpg|thumb|300px|Man, geohashing is turning out ''awesome''.]] | ||
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I'm Randall Munroe, author of xkcd and creator of this project. | I'm Randall Munroe, author of xkcd and creator of this project. | ||
| − | I live in [[Boston]] | + | I live in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. |
Thoughts: I wonder what percentage of Boston graticule is covered in poison ivy. It can't be a particularly large percentage, but it occurs to me that this project would get us perfect data on the matter. A truly random sample, as long as you go to every hash ... | Thoughts: I wonder what percentage of Boston graticule is covered in poison ivy. It can't be a particularly large percentage, but it occurs to me that this project would get us perfect data on the matter. A truly random sample, as long as you go to every hash ... | ||
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I have been to geohashes in two states. | I have been to geohashes in two states. | ||
| − | I have visited | + | I have visited 5 geohashes, plus a few other alternate locations. |
| − | == | + | == Geohashes I've visited == |
| − | + | [[2008-06-28 42 -71|2008-06-28, Boston]] Saturday meetup | |
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[[2008-05-31 42 -71|2008-05-31, Boston]] Saturday meetup | [[2008-05-31 42 -71|2008-05-31, Boston]] Saturday meetup | ||
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[[2008-05-17 37 -122]] | [[2008-05-17 37 -122]] | ||
| − | Several others whose dates I actually lost, I'll dig them up later. All were before the site went up | + | Several others whose dates I actually lost, I'll dig them up later. All were before the site went up. |
Latest revision as of 11:43, 28 February 2012
I'm Randall Munroe, author of xkcd and creator of this project.
I live in Boston.
Thoughts: I wonder what percentage of Boston graticule is covered in poison ivy. It can't be a particularly large percentage, but it occurs to me that this project would get us perfect data on the matter. A truly random sample, as long as you go to every hash ...
I have been to geohashes in two states.
I have visited 5 geohashes, plus a few other alternate locations.
Geohashes I've visited
2008-06-28, Boston Saturday meetup
2008-05-31, Boston Saturday meetup
2008-05-24, Boston Saturday meetup
Visited during testing
Several others whose dates I actually lost, I'll dig them up later. All were before the site went up.
