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== About Me == | == About Me == | ||
+ | [[Image:200610_MagicIan3.JPG|right|240px|Me Geohashing!]] | ||
{{User Norfolk}} | {{User Norfolk}} | ||
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I was quite pleased to achieve a [[Tron_achievement|Tron Ribbon]], and am now turning my attention to other achievements. I keep trying to do a Hashcard one so I ensure I take fellow Geohashers' addresses with me when I go out, but have yet to find any villages selling postcards. Guess I'll just have to keep trying! Others on my radar are the [[Juggernaut_achievement|Juggernaut]] and, having got a [[Reverse_regional_achievement|Reverse regional ribbon]] by getting getting to hashpoints in Norfolk and Suffolk in [[52,1|52,1]], I would like to get the [[Regional_geohashing_achievement|Regional ribbon]] by getting to bits of Norfolk or Suffolk that are in [[52,0|52,0]] | I was quite pleased to achieve a [[Tron_achievement|Tron Ribbon]], and am now turning my attention to other achievements. I keep trying to do a Hashcard one so I ensure I take fellow Geohashers' addresses with me when I go out, but have yet to find any villages selling postcards. Guess I'll just have to keep trying! Others on my radar are the [[Juggernaut_achievement|Juggernaut]] and, having got a [[Reverse_regional_achievement|Reverse regional ribbon]] by getting getting to hashpoints in Norfolk and Suffolk in [[52,1|52,1]], I would like to get the [[Regional_geohashing_achievement|Regional ribbon]] by getting to bits of Norfolk or Suffolk that are in [[52,0|52,0]] | ||
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+ | ===Achievements=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I got within a couple of hours of achieving the [[Virgin_Graticule|Virgin Graticule]] for [[51,1]] but [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] just beat me to it! | ||
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+ | {{Ribbon | ||
+ | | color = green | ||
+ | | icon = Multihash.png | ||
+ | | user = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | | achievement = [[Multihash|Multihash]] Achievement | ||
+ | | action = reaching '''4''' hash points on 2010-06-20. It's {{#ifeq:{{{count}}}|2|a Double|}}{{#ifeq:{{{count}}}|3|a Triple|}}{{#ifeq:{{{count}}}|4|an Ultra|}}{{#ifeq:{{#expr:{{{count}}}>4}}|1|a MONSTER|}} Hash | ||
+ | | expedition = [[2010-06-20 | 4 hashes]] | ||
+ | | category = Multihash achievement | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{consecutive geohash | ||
+ | | count = 2 | ||
+ | | latitude = 52 | ||
+ | | longitude = 1 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-03-30 | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Minesweeper geohash | ||
+ | | graticule = 52,1 | ||
+ | | ranknumber = 2 | ||
+ | | s = true | ||
+ | | w = true | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Minesweeper geohash | ||
+ | | graticule = 52,0 | ||
+ | | ranknumber = 1 | ||
+ | | w = true | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Minesweeper geohash | ||
+ | | graticule = 52,-0 | ||
+ | | ranknumber = 1 | ||
+ | | w = true | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Reverse Regional | ||
+ | | latitude = 52 | ||
+ | | longitude = 1 | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | | count = 2 | ||
+ | | graticule = Norwich, United Kingdom | ||
+ | | level = County | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Tron | ||
+ | | latitude = 52 | ||
+ | | longitude = 1 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-07-24 | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | | tracklog = http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=101290173710370388783.0004795ada0544beb1488 | ||
+ | | possessive = his | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Speed racer | ||
+ | | latitude = 52 | ||
+ | | longitude = 1 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-03-31 | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | | speed = 60 mph | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Bicycle geohash | ||
+ | | latitude = 52 | ||
+ | | longitude = 1 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-07-25 | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | | distance = 64.1km | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Walk geohash | ||
+ | | latitude = 52 | ||
+ | | longitude = 1 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-07-24 | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | | distance = 18.1km | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Geotrash | ||
+ | | latitude = 52 | ||
+ | | longitude = -1 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-06-20 | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{police geohash | ||
+ | | latitude = 52 | ||
+ | | longitude = -0 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-06-20 | ||
+ | | encounter = returning to find a police dog van parked next to his car | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | | anim = true | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{land geohash | ||
+ | | latitude = 52 | ||
+ | | longitude = 1 | ||
+ | | date = 2009-11-27 | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{There might be alligators! | ||
+ | | latitude = 52 | ||
+ | | longitude = 1 | ||
+ | | date = 2013-02-15 | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | | hazard = boggy wetland | ||
+ | | image = 130215_hashpoint.JPG | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{No trespassing | ||
+ | | latitude = 52 | ||
+ | | longitude = 1 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-03-24 | ||
+ | | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | |||
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== My Geohashes == | == My Geohashes == | ||
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A map of my various Geohashes can be seen [http://goo.gl/maps/mWtbp here]: | A map of my various Geohashes can be seen [http://goo.gl/maps/mWtbp here]: | ||
− | + | :'''01''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2009-11-27 52 1| Friday 27-11-2009, 52.805965° 1.252814° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - My first geohash! [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]] | |
− | + | :'''02''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-03-08 52 1| Monday 08-03-2010, 52.611723° 1.355975° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - At the sewage works [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]] | |
− | + | :'''03''' [[Image:Arrow4.png|8px]] [[2010-03-24 52 1| Wednesday 24-03-2010, 52.585326° 1.354230° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Failed due to being on private property [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]] | |
− | + | :'''04''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-03-28 52 1| Sunday 28-03-2010, 52.762632° 1.176329° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Cycle along Marriot's Way [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]] | |
− | + | :'''05''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-03-30 52 1| Tuesday 30-03-2010, 52.627771° 1.291378° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - The Forum in the centre of Norwich [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]] | |
− | + | :'''06''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-03-31 52 1| Wednesday 31-03-2010, 52.509096° 1.137942° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - [[Consecutive_geohash_achievement | Consecutive day]] and [[Speed_racer_achievement | Speed Racer]] achievements earned near Tacolneston [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]] | |
− | + | :'''07''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-06-20 52 -1| Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° -1.19297° (Birmingham, United Kingdom)]] - Four-in-a-day #1 - Leicester [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]] | |
− | + | :'''08''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-06-20 52 -0| Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° -0.19297° (Northampton, United Kingdom)]] - Four-in-a-day #2 - Crowland, Peterborough [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]] | |
− | + | :'''09''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-06-20 52 0| Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° 0.192969° (Cambridge, United Kingdom)]] - Four-in-a-day #3 - Wisbech [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]] | |
− | + | :'''10''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-06-20 52 1| Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° 1.192969° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Four-in-a-day #4 - Ringland [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]] | |
− | + | :'''11''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-07-24 52 1| Saturday 2010-07-24, 52.375840° 1.294163° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - [[Tron_achievement | Tron]] walk via North Burlingham [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR walk.png]] | |
− | + | :'''12''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-07-25 52 1| Sunday 2010-07-25, 52.518213° 1.641496° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - 40 mile cycle to Somerleyton [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]] | |
− | + | :'''13''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-08-20 52 1| Friday 2010-08-20, 52.595317° 1.471424° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - 13 mile cycle to Buckenham train station with gnomes [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]] | |
− | + | :'''14''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-08-25 52 1| Monday 2010-08-25, 52.445590° 1.370603° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Kayak on Horsey Mere (done on the 30th) [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR ferry.png]] | |
− | + | :'''15''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-09-24 51 1| Friday 2010-09-24, 51.585859° 1.022777° (Canterbury, United Kingdom)]] - Almost achieved a [[Virgin_Graticule | virgin graticule]] for [[51,1 | 51,1]] but was beaten by [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] [[Image:GHTR moon.jpg]][[Image:GHTR car.png]] | |
− | + | :'''16''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2011-08-16 52 1| Tuesday 2011-08-16, 52.563615° 1.226250° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - On the Tas Valley Way near home [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR walk.png]] | |
− | + | :'''17''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2011-10-18 52 1| Tuesday 2011-10-18, 52.224587° 1.349444° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Motorbiked to Framlingham in the dark [[Image:GHTR moon.jpg]] | |
− | + | :'''18''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2012-05-21 52 1| Monday 2012-05-21, 52.543366° 1.262612° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Short cycle to Newton Flotman [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]] | |
− | + | :'''19''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2012-12-27 53 -2| Thursday 2012-12-27, 53.367184° -2.121222° (Manchester, United Kingdom)]] - In Hazel Grove over the Christmas holidays [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]] | |
− | + | :'''20''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2013-02-10 52 1| Sunday 2013-02-10, 52.447437° 1.349072° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - 30 mile cycle to Denton [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]] | |
− | + | :'''21''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2013-02-15 52 1| Friday 2013-02-15, 52.559777° 1.553342° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Kayak to Reedham Ferry (done on the 16th) [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR ferry.png]] | |
− | + | :'''22''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2013-02-21 52 1| Thursday 2013-02-21, 52.590684° 1.243271° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Cycle to Intwood Lane after work [[Image:GHTR moon.jpg]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]] | |
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Revision as of 22:55, 26 February 2013
About Me
This geohasher lives in Norfolk. |
Hi, I'm Ian, and contrary to my username I have yet to discover anything magical about myself!
I live near Norwich, England and I started Geohashing in late 2009 as a way of exploring the region to which I had recently moved. I completed lots of hashes in 2010 before having a bit of a lull. Nowadays I use Geohashing as a suggestion of where to go for cycle rides etc when I have a spare weekend.
I have access to car, motorbike, bicycle(s) and kayak(s) and have used them all at some point in to achieve a variety of ribbons, although I am yet to use public transport to get to a hashpoint - something I hope to fix in the future. About 1/3 of my home graticule is the North Sea so if I can find someone with a seaworthy boat then that will increase my range of possible hashes in the area!
When I go out of my home graticule I try to make a point of looking where the hashpoints are located, but usually they require a large detour from whatever activity I have planned. One of these days I would like to do a hash or two while I am in a foreign land.
When I started Geohashing I didn't have a GPS device, so I used to print out the satellite view of the hashpoint from GoogleMaps to identify the it using local topographical features, but now I use the Geohash Droid app on my phone to give an indication of how close I am.
I was quite pleased to achieve a Tron Ribbon, and am now turning my attention to other achievements. I keep trying to do a Hashcard one so I ensure I take fellow Geohashers' addresses with me when I go out, but have yet to find any villages selling postcards. Guess I'll just have to keep trying! Others on my radar are the Juggernaut and, having got a Reverse regional ribbon by getting getting to hashpoints in Norfolk and Suffolk in 52,1, I would like to get the Regional ribbon by getting to bits of Norfolk or Suffolk that are in 52,0
Achievements
I got within a couple of hours of achieving the Virgin Graticule for 51,1 but Sourcerer just beat me to it!
MagicIan earned the Multihash Achievement
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MagicIan earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
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MagicIan achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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MagicIan achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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MagicIan achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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MagicIan earned the Reverse regional achievement
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MagicIan earned the Tron achievement
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MagicIan earned the Speed racer achievement
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MagicIan earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
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MagicIan earned the Walk geohash Achievement
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MagicIan earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
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MagicIan earned the Police Geohash Achievement
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MagicIan earned the Land geohash achievement
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MagicIan earned the There might be alligators! consolation prize
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MagicIan earned the No trespassing consolation prize
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My Geohashes
I've completed 21 successful geohashes in 6 graticules, with 1 failure. I have now done a hash on each day of the week, and 11 months of the year (just missing January)
A map of my various Geohashes can be seen here:
- 01 Friday 27-11-2009, 52.805965° 1.252814° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - My first geohash!
- 02 Monday 08-03-2010, 52.611723° 1.355975° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - At the sewage works
- 03 Wednesday 24-03-2010, 52.585326° 1.354230° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Failed due to being on private property
- 04 Sunday 28-03-2010, 52.762632° 1.176329° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Cycle along Marriot's Way
- 05 Tuesday 30-03-2010, 52.627771° 1.291378° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - The Forum in the centre of Norwich
- 06 Wednesday 31-03-2010, 52.509096° 1.137942° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Consecutive day and Speed Racer achievements earned near Tacolneston
- 07 Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° -1.19297° (Birmingham, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #1 - Leicester
- 08 Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° -0.19297° (Northampton, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #2 - Crowland, Peterborough
- 09 Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° 0.192969° (Cambridge, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #3 - Wisbech
- 10 Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° 1.192969° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #4 - Ringland
- 11 Saturday 2010-07-24, 52.375840° 1.294163° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Tron walk via North Burlingham
- 12 Sunday 2010-07-25, 52.518213° 1.641496° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - 40 mile cycle to Somerleyton
- 13 Friday 2010-08-20, 52.595317° 1.471424° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - 13 mile cycle to Buckenham train station with gnomes
- 14 Monday 2010-08-25, 52.445590° 1.370603° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Kayak on Horsey Mere (done on the 30th)
- 15 Friday 2010-09-24, 51.585859° 1.022777° (Canterbury, United Kingdom) - Almost achieved a virgin graticule for 51,1 but was beaten by Sourcerer
- 16 Tuesday 2011-08-16, 52.563615° 1.226250° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - On the Tas Valley Way near home
- 17 Tuesday 2011-10-18, 52.224587° 1.349444° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Motorbiked to Framlingham in the dark
- 18 Monday 2012-05-21, 52.543366° 1.262612° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Short cycle to Newton Flotman
- 19 Thursday 2012-12-27, 53.367184° -2.121222° (Manchester, United Kingdom) - In Hazel Grove over the Christmas holidays
- 20 Sunday 2013-02-10, 52.447437° 1.349072° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - 30 mile cycle to Denton
- 21 Friday 2013-02-15, 52.559777° 1.553342° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Kayak to Reedham Ferry (done on the 16th)
- 22 Thursday 2013-02-21, 52.590684° 1.243271° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Cycle to Intwood Lane after work
- Geohashers in the UK
- Geohashers
- Geohashers in their 40s
- Geohashers in 52,1
- Multihash achievement
- Consecutive geohash achievement
- Minesweeper geohash achievement
- Reverse regional achievement
- Tron achievement
- Speed racer achievement
- Bicycle geohash achievement
- Walk geohash achievement
- Geotrash achievement
- Police geohash achievement
- Land geohash achievement
- There might be alligators! consolation prize
- No trespassing consolation prize