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The 40,-88 graticule.

The 40,-88 graticule contains all of Champaign-Urbana, part of Bloomington and Normal, and several other smaller towns in Illinois.

Official Meetup

In accordance with the Main Page, the official meetup of the 40,-88 graticule will be held every Saturday at 4pm Central time.

Graticule History

On Friday, October 12th, 2007, at 7:45pm, XKCD author Randall Munroe gave a talk at 40.1139,-88.2211 for the ACM Reflections Projections Conference at the University of Illinois (citation). The talk was about "his experiences drawing xkcd and playing with kites." A video of this talk is available online.

External Links

Official XKCD Map Lookup - compute today's geohashed coordinates (available only after 10:30am Central).

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 ==Graticule History==
-On Friday, October 12th, 2007, at 7:45pm, [[XKCD]] author [[Randall Munroe]] gave a talk at the University of Illinois for the 2007 ACM Reflections Projections Conference{{cite:http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2007/events}}.  A video of this talk is [http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2007/videos available online].
+On Friday, October 12th, 2007, at 7:45pm, [[XKCD]] author [[Randall Munroe]] gave a talk at [http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=40.113929,-88.221138&spn=0.003651,0.010042&z=17 40.1139,-88.2211] for the ACM Reflections Projections Conference at the University of Illinois ([http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2007/events citation]).  The talk was about "his experiences drawing xkcd and playing with kites."  A video of this talk is [http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2007/videos available online].
 ==External Links==
 *[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html Official XKCD Map Lookup] - compute today's geohashed coordinates (available only after 10:30am Central).