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* [[2008-05-24]]: The first official meetup appears to be [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=40&long=-89&zoom=9&abs=1 in a field] near the [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=N+1000+E+Rd+and+Cord+2350+Rd+N+piatt+county+il intersection of N 1000 E Rd. and Cord 2350 Rd. N in Piatt County] about 20 miles from Champaign-Urbana and about 50 miles from Bloomington-Normal.
 
* [[2008-05-24]]: The first official meetup appears to be [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=40&long=-89&zoom=9&abs=1 in a field] near the [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=N+1000+E+Rd+and+Cord+2350+Rd+N+piatt+county+il intersection of N 1000 E Rd. and Cord 2350 Rd. N in Piatt County] about 20 miles from Champaign-Urbana and about 50 miles from Bloomington-Normal.
** '''Success'''!  Kyle, Kim, Matt, and [[user:brettdaniel | Brett]] met by the road adjoining the field and hiked through corn seedlings do the geohashing point.  
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** '''Success'''!  Kyle, Kim, Matt, and [[user:brettdaniel | Brett]] met by the road adjoining the field and hiked through corn seedlings to the geohashing point.  
 
*:[[Image:2008-05-24_champaign_geohashing_group.jpg|200px|From left to right: Kyle, Kim, Matt, and [[user:brettdaniel | Brett]]]]
 
*:[[Image:2008-05-24_champaign_geohashing_group.jpg|200px|From left to right: Kyle, Kim, Matt, and [[user:brettdaniel | Brett]]]]
  

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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