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Revision as of 14:06, 30 May 2008
| – | Saginaw, MI | – |
| Lansing, MI | Detroit, Michigan | Windsor, Ontario |
| – | Toledo, OH | Sandusky, OH |
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The Detroit graticule is at latitude 42, longitude -83. It includes about 90% of Detroit, all of Detroit's western suburbs (Southfield, Livonia, Canton), most of Oakland County (Royal Oak, Troy, Pontiac, Sterling Heights), and all of Ann Arbor. It also encompasses about half of Windsor, Ontario and half of Flint, Michigan.
The Detroit graticule does not include northern Flint (43, -83), some of Detroit's eastern suburbs such as Mt. Clemens, or eastern parts of Windsor (42, -82). However, depending on the density of XKCDers and the location of the hot spot, individuals from these areas may want to consider the Detroit graticule instead.
Saturday - 5/24/08
2008-05-24 -- The coordinates for Saturday, May 24th has been published.
The Detroit graticule location is: 42.1266480113970560, -83.5475331240942810
This location is not only on land, but appears to be very reachable.
It is also on private property, which we got kicked off of, by several irate locals. They also attempted to take down our license plates. However, there was Nintendo 64 to be had around the corner. (We were also late.)
At some point near the end of the festivities Noam, Nima, and Eric successfully managed to attain pictures of the location by rushing in on bikes and snapping a picture really quickly.
Attendees: Eric, Andrew, Steve, Ruthi, Amelia, Jackie, Nima, Noam, Eric (shenron on irc)
Nate and Hannah arrived early and missed the others, but grabbed this picture. The spot lies in the field next to the yard with the large dogs. (If someone who's already mastered this wiki software would like to unhose the picture, it'd be appreciated. I'm already frustrated after waiting 6 minutes for it to upload, *then* being informed that the file was too large. --Nate)
Notable Events
On the off chance that the spot for Saturday, May 24th is downtown (it's not), you might also consider attending Movement, Detroit's Electronic Music Festival[1] while you're there (you won't be, but go anyway it'll be fun).
