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[[Portland]] -- The coordinates are in a riparian zone near a farm, off of I-5, near Broadacres, OR. | [[Portland]] -- The coordinates are in a riparian zone near a farm, off of I-5, near Broadacres, OR. | ||
| − | [[Carlisle, United Kingdom]] -- The coordinates are in the sands of Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. Closest safe location is a beach near a caravan park outside Silverdale | + | [[2008-05-21 54 -2|Carlisle, United Kingdom]] -- The coordinates are in the sands of Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. Closest safe location is a beach near a caravan park outside Silverdale. |
[[Seattle]] -- The coordinates are in the center of a large field at the southern tip of Hartstene Island, which is just north of Olympia. | [[Seattle]] -- The coordinates are in the center of a large field at the southern tip of Hartstene Island, which is just north of Olympia. | ||
Revision as of 18:00, 24 May 2008
The coordinates for this date are:
0.17946799469778313, 0.8615360124576236
The sport of Geohashing officially launched with the release of xkcd comic #426 on May 21, 2008.
Coordinates
Blacksburg, Virginia -- The coordinates reside in a farm off of VA-42 near Dismal Falls.
Boston -- The coordinates are in a wooded area to the south of Washington Street (Route 20) near Prospect Street in Auburn, MA. - 2008-05-21 42 -71
Chicago -- The coordinates are in a farm field to the northeast of Bourbonnais, IL
East Bay, California -- The coordinates are in the mountains of Santa Cruz - 2008-05-21 37 -121
Houston, Texas -- The coordinates are at the center of the North face of a trapezoidal arrangement of trees, as far from major towns and highways as it is possible to get in this graticule
Los Angeles, California -- The coordinates are at the intersection of Thousand Oaks Blvd. and the southbound CA 23 offramp in Thousand Oaks, CA.
Portland -- The coordinates are in a riparian zone near a farm, off of I-5, near Broadacres, OR.
Carlisle, United Kingdom -- The coordinates are in the sands of Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. Closest safe location is a beach near a caravan park outside Silverdale.
Seattle -- The coordinates are in the center of a large field at the southern tip of Hartstene Island, which is just north of Olympia.
Plans
User:xkcd will attempt to be the first to reach these coordinates in Boston.
User:zigdon will be heading to the coordinate in San Fransisco Eastern Bay area.
