Difference between revisions of "2011-04-11 40 -89"

Revision as of 01:52, 12 April 2011

Location

Illinois Central College's North Campus, in Peoria.

Participants

Dvdllr

Plans

Drive there, park, walk to the spot, draw with chalk, take pictures, leave. Easy as pie!

Expedition

I was so happy to see a geohash near the city that was actually reachable. This was the first expedition I'd been able to make so far this whole year, so it was indeed a delight. It was a place I've never been: Illinois Central College. The college's main campus is in East Peoria, but they have a few satellite campuses (campi?), this being "North Campus" in the city of Peoria. I didn't take the GPS along since it was easily locatable without one. The overhead view maps indicated it was at the end of one of those turn-around drop-off horseshoe dealies, whatever the proper term is. I arrived and parked around the north side of Arbor hall, and took the 45-second walk to the front of the building, to arrive at the hash point. I'd taken a stick of chalk along, purchased for this very purpose, to indicate where the spot was. I put a little "xkcd" bullseye on the spot, but also left a geohashing.org indication on the adjacent sidewalk. If you made it to this page from seeing the message, welcome! I took some pictures and left pretty quick. I had fun!

Photos

Entrance sign to the campus
Pointing the way
Arbor Hall
I swear to you, this was supposed to be a bullseye, and not a boob. I didn't realize what I'd drawn until I was reviewing the pictures later that night.
Helpful information
Grinning geohasher
The Scene

Achievements

Dvdllr earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (40, -89) geohash on 2011-04-11.

Dvdllr earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (40, -89) geohash on 2011-04-11.

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 == Plans ==
-I would be totally remiss to skip this, 2011's first viable geohash spot in this graticule.
+Drive there, park, walk to the spot, draw with chalk, take pictures, leave.  Easy as pie!
-I expect I would be there around 5:30 or 6:00 (???)
-<!--
 == Expedition ==
+I was so happy to see a geohash near the city that was actually reachable.  This was the first expedition I'd been able to make so far this whole year, so it was indeed a delight.  It was a place I've never been: Illinois Central College.  The college's main campus is in East Peoria, but they have a few satellite campuses (campi?), this being "North Campus" in the city of Peoria.  I didn't take the GPS along since it was easily locatable without one.  The overhead view maps indicated it was at the end of one of those turn-around drop-off horseshoe dealies, whatever the proper term is.  I arrived and parked around the north side of Arbor hall, and took the 45-second walk to the front of the building, to arrive at the hash point.  I'd taken a stick of chalk along, purchased for this very purpose, to indicate where the spot was.  I put a little "xkcd" bullseye on the spot, but also left a geohashing.org indication on the adjacent sidewalk.  If you made it to this page from seeing the message, welcome!  I took some pictures and left pretty quick.  I had fun!
-== Tracklog ==
 == Photos ==
 <gallery perrow="5">
-Image:2011-04-11 40 -89 1.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:2011-04-11 40 -89 1.JPG | Entrance sign to the campus
+Image:2011-04-11 40 -89 2.JPG | Pointing the way
+Image:2011-04-11 40 -89 3.JPG | Arbor Hall
+Image:2011-04-11 40 -89 4.JPG | I swear to you, this was supposed to be a bullseye, and not a boob.  I didn't realize what I'd drawn until I was reviewing the pictures later that night.
+Image:2011-04-11 40 -89 5.JPG | Helpful information
+Image:2011-04-11 40 -89 6.JPG | Grinning geohasher
+Image:2011-04-11 40 -89 7.JPG | The Scene
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
--->
+{{land geohash
+| latitude = 40
+| longitude = -89
+| date = 2011-04-11
+| name = [[User:Dvdllr|Dvdllr]]
+}}
+{{No_batteries_geohash
+| latitude = 40
+| longitude = -89
+| date = 2011-04-11
+| name = [[User:Dvdllr|Dvdllr]]
+}}
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
-<!--
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
 [[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]     when there is a natural obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]  when there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]        when you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]   when you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition.
--->


Mon 11 Apr 2011 in 40,-89: 40.7535243, -89.6140133 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox