Difference between revisions of "Boise, Idaho"

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== Expeditions ==
 
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* [[2013-04-17 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] was turned away by fences and signs, within sight of the goal.
 
* [[2013-04-15 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] sped through a hash for the [[Speed Racer]] achievement.
 
* [[2013-04-15 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] sped through a hash for the [[Speed Racer]] achievement.
 
* [[2013-04-05 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] visited a farm in the middle of the night.
 
* [[2013-04-05 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] visited a farm in the middle of the night.

Revision as of 04:32, 18 April 2013

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Today's Location: [Boise, ID]

The Boise, Idaho graticule is at latitude 43, longitude -116. It covers the whole Treasure Valley.

Some statistics about this graticule:

  Population:         ~600,000
  Highest Point:      8051 ft (2453 m) @ War Eagle Mountain
  Lowest Point:       2145 ft (654 m) @ Snake River where it crosses 44° North
  Total Area:         3469 sq miles (8985.4 sq km)
  City/Town area:     6.8% - 235 sq miles (608.3 sq km) 
  Area on/near roads: 4.7% - 162 sq miles (419.6 sq km) (includes minor roads, and does not exclude area assigned to other categories)
  Farm/rural area:    ~19% - ~660 sq miles (~1700 sq km)
  Wilderness area:    ~74% - ~2570 sq miles (~6650 sq km)

Local Geohashers

  • Eric I'll be hitting hashes as I'm able in this and surrounding graticules. Hope to meet other geohashers sometime.

Inactive Local Geohashers

Local geohashers with no wiki activity for a year will be moved to this section.

  • Nathan Not sure anyone else will do this in the Boise area, but I'll try
  • Brian Can do weekends if not to far, in Boise.
  • Jeremiah Would be willing to do weekends or weekdays near the East Boise/Meridian area
  • Charles Also willing to do weekends- <5pm sat or >6pm Sundays.


Expeditions

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The Boise, Idaho graticule (43, -116) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of March 2013 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 8 expeditions.