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==Official Meetups==
 
==Official Meetups==
 
In accordance with the [[Main_Page#Official_Meetup|Main Page]], the official meetup of the 40,-88 graticule will be held every Saturday at 4pm Central time.
 
In accordance with the [[Main_Page#Official_Meetup|Main Page]], the official meetup of the 40,-88 graticule will be held every Saturday at 4pm Central time.
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== Coordinates Reached ==
  
 
* [[2008-06-07 40 -88]]: [[user:brettdaniel | Brett]] made it to the coordinates after an easy drive north from Champaign.  He expected to meet other geohashers, but none showed up.  He left a flag marking the spot.
 
* [[2008-06-07 40 -88]]: [[user:brettdaniel | Brett]] made it to the coordinates after an easy drive north from Champaign.  He expected to meet other geohashers, but none showed up.  He left a flag marking the spot.

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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 Meetups

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

Coordinates Reached

  • 2008-06-07 40 -88: Brett made it to the coordinates after an easy drive north from Champaign. He expected to meet other geohashers, but none showed up. He left a flag marking the spot.
  • 2008-05-24 40 -88: Success! The first official meetup was in a field about 20 miles from Champaign-Urbana and about 50 miles from Bloomington-Normal. Kyle, Kim, Matt, and Brett met by the road adjoining the field and hiked through corn seedlings to the geohashing point.

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.

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