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The '''[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=40&long=-88&zoom=9&abs=-1 40,-88] [[graticule]]''' contains all of Champaign-Urbana, part of Bloomington and Normal, and several other smaller towns in [[Illinois]].
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The '''[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=40&long=-88&zoom=9&abs=-1 40,-88] [[graticule]]''' contains all of Champaign-Urbana, part of Bloomington and Normal, and several other smaller towns in [[Illinois]].
  
 
==Official Meetups==
 
==Official Meetups==
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* [[2008-08-09 40 -88]]: Just 11 miles east of Champaign
 
* [[2008-08-09 40 -88]]: Just 11 miles east of Champaign
 
* [[2008-07-04 40 -88]]: The graticule's Independence Day coordinates fell right in the middle of [http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/R3/Moraine.htm Moraine View State Recreation Area].
 
* [[2008-07-04 40 -88]]: The graticule's Independence Day coordinates fell right in the middle of [http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/R3/Moraine.htm Moraine View State Recreation Area].
* [[2008-06-21 39 -88]]: The day's coordinates fell right at the northern edge of the graticule.  [[User:brettdaniel | Brett]], Manish, and Yoon-young made it to the  [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-06-21&lat=39&long=-88 39,-88] coordinates which fell near [http://www.continuinged.uiuc.edu/allerton/ Allerton Park] instead.
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* [[2008-06-21 39 -88]]: The day's coordinates fell right at the northern edge of the graticule.  [[User:brettdaniel | Brett]], Manish, and Yoon-young made it to the  [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-06-21&lat=39&long=-88 39,-88] coordinates which fell near [http://www.continuinged.uiuc.edu/allerton/ Allerton Park] instead.
 
* [[2008-06-08 40 -88]]: [[User:brettdaniel | Brett]] [[Bicycle Geohash | biked]] to the coordinates despite vicious headwinds and temperatures over 90 degrees.  He got within 500 feet and, once again, left a flag marking the spot.
 
* [[2008-06-08 40 -88]]: [[User:brettdaniel | Brett]] [[Bicycle Geohash | biked]] to the coordinates despite vicious headwinds and temperatures over 90 degrees.  He got within 500 feet and, once again, 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.
 
* [[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.
* [[2008-05-24 40 -88]]: '''Success'''! The first official meetup was [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=40&long=-89&zoom=9&abs=1 in a field] about 20 miles from Champaign-Urbana and about 50 miles from Bloomington-Normal. Kyle, Kim, Matt, and [[user:brettdaniel | Brett]] met by the road adjoining the field and hiked through corn seedlings to the geohashing point.  
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* [[2008-05-24 40 -88]]: '''Success'''! The first official meetup was [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=40&long=-89&zoom=9&abs=1 in a field] about 20 miles from Champaign-Urbana and about 50 miles from Bloomington-Normal. Kyle, Kim, Matt, and [[user:brettdaniel | Brett]] met by the road adjoining the field and hiked through corn seedlings to the geohashing point.  
 
{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 40 | longitude = -88 | date = 2008-05-24 | name = Kyle, Kim, Matt, and [[user:brettdaniel | Brett]] | image = 2008-05-24 champaign geohashing group.jpg }}
 
{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 40 | longitude = -88 | date = 2008-05-24 | name = Kyle, Kim, Matt, and [[user:brettdaniel | Brett]] | image = 2008-05-24 champaign geohashing group.jpg }}
  
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html Official Geohashing Coordinate Calculator] - compute today's geohashed coordinates (available only after 8:30am Central).
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*[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html Official Geohashing Coordinate Calculator] - compute today's geohashed coordinates (available only after 8:30am Central).
 
*[http://staticfree.info/geohash/atom/40,-88 Official Atom feed for 40,-88]
 
*[http://staticfree.info/geohash/atom/40,-88 Official Atom feed for 40,-88]
  

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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

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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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