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* [[2012-04-07 40 -88]]: After more than a year and a half, we are back with a bang. With 7 people, this was the graticule's biggest successful geohash so far!
 
* [[2010-07-27 40 -88]]: [[User:Dvdllr|Dvdllr]] leaves his home grat of [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]] to visit Normal.
 
* [[2010-07-27 40 -88]]: [[User:Dvdllr|Dvdllr]] leaves his home grat of [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]] to visit Normal.
 
* [[2010-03-14 40 -88]]: Second annual Pi Day geohash!
 
* [[2010-03-14 40 -88]]: Second annual Pi Day geohash!

Revision as of 21:02, 13 April 2012

Sterling Aurora Chicago
Peoria Champaign/Urbana Danville
Springfield Decatur Terre Haute, IN

Today's location: not yet announced


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.

External Links