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Drove across the state to come home and stopped here. Where in the greenspace? Good question. I found a trail leading back into the area, but the geohash point was off trail of course. Judging by the satellite map, it wasn't far behind these fences, but I could not for the life of me get a good reading on the GPS.
 
Drove across the state to come home and stopped here. Where in the greenspace? Good question. I found a trail leading back into the area, but the geohash point was off trail of course. Judging by the satellite map, it wasn't far behind these fences, but I could not for the life of me get a good reading on the GPS.
  
I measured several points (photos below) and wandered all over the area. I am hoping that connecting the GPS dots will reveal that I was within error distance of the geohash at some point of my wanderings. I've already selected my "not reached" category as technology - I either need a better GPS or a very long antenna I can jack up above the trees.
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I measured several points (photos below) and wandered all over the area. The GPS signal was low to none under the tree cover, and at one point showed me coordinates in the back yard of a nearby house. I took several measurements and tried to connect the dots, but that didn't show me crossing the hashpoint. See the discussion for a multi-coord page I found and my explored coordinates list.
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My conclusion is that the GPS wasn't showing me anything, but I could see that I was behind the appropriate house and in the right general area. Also, I found a cool ribbon tied on a tree. For this geohash, I claim success and a multihash, the second five graticules west of the first.
  
 
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== Photos ==  
  
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Image:2009-08-02_47_-122_Lilo.jpg | Parked by the trail entrance
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Image:2009-08-02_47_-122_Neighborhood.jpg | The neighborhood
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Image:2009-08-02_47_-122_Trail.jpg | Not much trail after this
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Image:2009-08-02_47_-122_Bearing.jpg | It's behind that second house
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Image:2009-08-02_47_-122_ASign.jpg | Could this be a sign?
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Image:2009-08-02_47_-122_Curious.jpg | Could this be a good spot?
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Image:2009-08-02_47_-122_OrHere.jpg | Or here?
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Image:2009-08-02_47_-122_AnotherBearing.jpg | Yet another
 
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Revision as of 16:07, 15 June 2012

Sun 2 Aug 2009 in 47,-122:
47.5333294, -122.1774206
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Location

In greenspace behind some houses in rural area.

Participants

Expedition

Drove across the state to come home and stopped here. Where in the greenspace? Good question. I found a trail leading back into the area, but the geohash point was off trail of course. Judging by the satellite map, it wasn't far behind these fences, but I could not for the life of me get a good reading on the GPS.

I measured several points (photos below) and wandered all over the area. The GPS signal was low to none under the tree cover, and at one point showed me coordinates in the back yard of a nearby house. I took several measurements and tried to connect the dots, but that didn't show me crossing the hashpoint. See the discussion for a multi-coord page I found and my explored coordinates list.

My conclusion is that the GPS wasn't showing me anything, but I could see that I was behind the appropriate house and in the right general area. Also, I found a cool ribbon tied on a tree. For this geohash, I claim success and a multihash, the second five graticules west of the first.

Photos