2008-05-24

May 24th, 2008 will be the first Saturday after the algorithm was published. The coordinates are:

0.1266480113970560, 0.5475331240942810

It will be a Saturday, so there will be an xkcd meetup at 4:00 PM in regions where they are reachable.

• Anchorage, Alaska Near Tanaina Peak in the Chugach State Park. The first meet up might not be heavily attended...
• Atlanta, Georgia -- In what looks like a field off of an access road near 85 south. Picnic time!
• Austin, Texas, United States 30.1266480113970560,-97.5475331240942810 - Looks private, but perhaps accessible.
• Baltimore, MD -- Coordinates are at a house on 229th st in Pasadena MD.
• Berlin, Germany Close to Erkner, reachable with public transport, on a field. Nice lakes around, worth a trip!
• Boston, MA graticule -- Coordinates are in Hopedale. The exact coordinates are in someone's house, so obviously they will not be reached within a foot, but they can expect some odd passers-by on their road.
• Bristol, United Kingdom -- Accessible. A field in Ditcheat, Shepton Mallet.
• Carlisle, United Kingdom -- A field that looks like it can be reached on foot from Lower Bentham: 54.126648°, -2.547534°
• Charlotte, North Carolina -- It appears to be in an accessible woodsieness near Concord.
• Chicago, IL -- In a field near a...something (satellite imaging is hazy) south of Woodland, IL, near the corner of E Baseline and N 1700 Rd -- near the Illinois-Indiana state line. Probably accessible, but distant -- Chicago residents may wish to use the Schaumburg graticule for Saturday's meet-up instead. (The North Shore graticule's coordinates, while technically closer, are underwater.)
• Cincinnati, Ohio -- Seems to be a public road leading to a few private residences. Accessible. Bringing Twister.
• Conroe, Texas - Accessible. In front of somebody's house.
• College Station, Texas - Accessible. In a pasture west of Brenham, south of Burton. However you will most likely be tresspassing and walking right by someones house.
• Edinburgh, UK -- Coordinates are in a field, east of Amisfield.
• Glasgow, UK -- Coordinates are in the middle of Galloway Forest Park.
• Groningen Drenthe, North-East of the Netherlands: 53.1266480113970560, 6.5475331240942810
• Graz, Austria Near Strallegg, eastern part of styria: 47.400246°, 15.722771°
• Grenoble, France -- Accessible. In the forest in the Vercors Mountains. Went hiking in the area recently :) About 45mins by car from Grenoble. (45.126648°, 5.547533°) [1].
• Inland Empire, CA -- Accessible. Near Vintage Park in Rancho Cucamonga.
• Leesburg, VA (also most of Jefferson & Berkeley Counties in West Virginia) -- a townhouse on the north side of Leesburg, near the corner of Clark Ct. NE and Fieldstone Dr. NE: [2]
• London, United Kingdom -- In some woods off the A281 near Cranleigh in Surrey. Looks like there's a path going right to it! 51.1266480113970560,-0.5475331240942810
• Los Angeles, California -- Actually in West LA proper, and not too far from a Mulholland Drive in Topanga State Park. Note that in the park, Mulholland is a fire road and will probably be closed to vehicles. One should be able to hike/bike in from the park boundary, either on Mulholland Dr or perhaps on Reseda Blvd in Tarzana. There is a Nike missile silo nearby. Google Maps seems to exist in two different realities as to the geography of the area; see image for details.
• Madison, Wisconsin -- The expedition to the Madison, Wisconsin geohash on 2008-05-24 falls in Devil's Lake State Park!
• Nashville, Tennessee -- In a field at the corner of Granny Wright Ln and (a piece of) Stewart's Ferry Pike. Probably private land.
• Newark, New Jersey -- Out in the woods/pine barrens, looks doable: 40.126648°, -74.547534° Also near the northeast border of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania graticule.
• Phoenix, Arizona -- The west valley location is on top of a mountain, so it doesn't look particularly accessible. The east valley location is in Magma, about halfway between Phoenix and Florence a copule hundred feet off the road. Should be accessible.
• Portland, Oregon -- Molalla somewhere, it has been suggested a better meetup would be Monday's coordinates in Vancouver.
• Saskatoon, Sk - south at College and Highway 5, down ridge road 3045, just south of second farm on East side, middle of that field. Watch out for John Deeres as farmer maybe seeding!!
• Salt Lake City Utah A good hit for a mostly mountainous graticule. Only 1700ft off the road!
• Schaumburg, IL -- Possibly accessible. Middle of some farm land north west of Route 20 and 72 intersections. I'd say meet on the north end of the point along Melms Road. 42.126648°, -88.547534°
• Sheffield, United Kingdom -- Amongst trees near some greenhouses. Might be private. Sharp bend in the Riber Road due West seems like a possible meeting place.
• Springfield, MA - Actually very convenient. Just east of the tennis courts at Blunt Park in Springfield.
• Surrey, BC - coordinates just off the Trans-Canada in Langley. It looks to be right at the boundary between somebody's rear lawn and farmland. The house's address is somewhere from 24380-24399 68 Ave, Langley, BC. Probably just barely beyond the reach of transit.
• Vancouver, BC - in the water.
• Victoria, BC - coordinates are on American soil but probably accessible, not very far from Port Angeles ferry terminal.