Difference between revisions of "Boise, Idaho"

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* [[2013-09-08 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] visited a hash in the mountains.
 
* [[2013-09-08 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] visited a hash in the mountains.
 
* [[2013-09-07 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] walked along a road which had flooded the previous day to reach the hash.
 
* [[2013-09-07 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] walked along a road which had flooded the previous day to reach the hash.
* [[2013-08-23 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] reached a hash in a muddy field.
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* [[2013-08-23 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] reached a hash in a muddy field. [[User:Ojones|Ojones]] attempted.
 
* [[2013-08-12 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] visited a hash in the desert SE of Boise.
 
* [[2013-08-12 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] visited a hash in the desert SE of Boise.
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* [[2013-08-11 43 -116]] -- [[User:Ojones|Ojones]] attempted, but in back yard of someone on Cherry Lane Near 11th Ave. Nampa.
 
* [[2013-08-04 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] went. Then [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] went. Then [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] went again. But they failed to meet.
 
* [[2013-08-04 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] went. Then [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] went. Then [[User:Eldin|Eldin]] went again. But they failed to meet.
 
* [[2013-08-03 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]], as well as [[User:Ojones|Ojones]] and family, make the graticule's first Saturday meetup which actually involved meeting anyone.  [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] returns to Idaho, reaching the hashpoint nine hours later.
 
* [[2013-08-03 43 -116]] -- [[User:Eldin|Eldin]], as well as [[User:Ojones|Ojones]] and family, make the graticule's first Saturday meetup which actually involved meeting anyone.  [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] returns to Idaho, reaching the hashpoint nine hours later.

Revision as of 19:58, 15 September 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 (Eldin) I'll be hitting hashes as I'm able in this and surrounding graticules. Hope to meet other geohashers sometime.
  • Ojones

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.

Expedition planning

Discussions of upcoming planned expeditions or links to their pages should go here

Expeditions

Achievements

Achievements related to the graticule itself.

note for Most Active Graticules achievement: The achievement has differing degrees. (monthly, yearly, and all-time, each with separate ribbons for most successful expeditions and most total expeditions) For each degree of achievement, at most two ribbons will be shown here. Once for the first time a specific degree was achieved, and once for the highest expedition count with which a specific degree was achieved. Template:Virgin graticule

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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.
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The Boise, Idaho graticule (43, -116) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement
for the month of April 2013 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 5 successful expeditions.