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I found out about geohashing from the XKCD blog talking about the Antarctica global hash. I've actually done a couple of Geocaches in the past, and I found out about those through my high school Latin IV teacher, who made it our final project to hide a series of Geocaches that somehow lead you through something Classics-related. But even though I've known about those since 2007, I never heard of geohashing until November 2012. | I found out about geohashing from the XKCD blog talking about the Antarctica global hash. I've actually done a couple of Geocaches in the past, and I found out about those through my high school Latin IV teacher, who made it our final project to hide a series of Geocaches that somehow lead you through something Classics-related. But even though I've known about those since 2007, I never heard of geohashing until November 2012. | ||
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* When I moved to America in 1999, I lived mostly in Santa Clara County, near [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], which is apparently mostly water - sad to hear. | * When I moved to America in 1999, I lived mostly in Santa Clara County, near [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], which is apparently mostly water - sad to hear. | ||
* I went to college at UC Davis, near [[Sacramento, California|Sac]] which is where I found out about geohashing! | * I went to college at UC Davis, near [[Sacramento, California|Sac]] which is where I found out about geohashing! | ||
+ | * Lived in [[Chicago]] for the first half of 2013 | ||
+ | * Now living in my dream town, [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], hopefully forever! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Fellow Geohashers=== | ||
+ | People I dragged into Geohashing. | ||
+ | * [[User:Lrbrink90|lrbrink90]] lives in [[District of Columbia|Washington, D.C.]] | ||
+ | * [[User:Jeremizzle|Jeremizzle]], my best friend. He lives in [[Tecate, Mexico|San Diego]]. | ||
+ | * [[User:TachiTaylor|TachiTaylor]], my roommate in Portland. | ||
==Geohashing Activity== | ==Geohashing Activity== | ||
− | * My first attempt to geohash never actually got off the ground. It was the second day that I had known about it, November 15th in Sacramento, and it turned out that on this day the hash fell on a really cool spot, in the [http://www.yolohiker.org/trails/fremont/index.html Fremont Weir State Wildlife Area] on something that looked easy to hike to. But alas, I didn't have the preparation skills, woke up too late in the morning, and had class almost all the way until sunset. | + | '''07. [[Image:Arrow4.png|12px]] [[2014-02-28 45 -122]]''' |
+ | *Thwarted: No public access. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''06. [[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2014-02-23 45 -122]]''' | ||
+ | * Success #5 | ||
+ | * Had '''four''' independent expeditions | ||
+ | {{bicycle geohash | ||
+ | | latitude = 45 | ||
+ | | longitude = -122 | ||
+ | | date = 2014-02-23 | ||
+ | | name = zhukant | ||
+ | | distance = 4.7 mi | ||
+ | | bothways = true | ||
+ | | image = 2014-02-23_45_-122_D.jpeg | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''05. [[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2014-02-22 45 -122]]''' | ||
+ | * Success #4 | ||
+ | * Had '''four''' independent expeditions. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''04. [[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2014-02-20 45 -122]]''' | ||
+ | * Success #3 | ||
+ | {{drag-along | ||
+ | | latitude = 45 | ||
+ | | longitude = -122 | ||
+ | | date = 2014-02-20 | ||
+ | | partner = TachiTaylor | ||
+ | | name = [[User:Zhukant|zhukant]] | ||
+ | | image = 2012-02-20 45 -122 DragAlong.jpeg | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''03. [[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-06-10 45 -122]]''' | ||
+ | * Success #2 | ||
+ | {{Public transport geohash | ||
+ | | latitude = 45 | ||
+ | | longitude = -122 | ||
+ | | date = 2013-06-10 | ||
+ | | busline = MAX Blue Line | ||
+ | | name = zhukant | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Meet-up | ||
+ | | latitude = 45 | ||
+ | | longitude = -122 | ||
+ | | date = 2013-06-10 | ||
+ | | name = zhukant | ||
+ | | other = [[User:Jiml|Jim]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''02. [[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-02-16 41 -87]]''' | ||
+ | * My first successful Geohash! | ||
+ | * My first Saturday Meetup! | ||
+ | * Dragged my friend along | ||
+ | * On a sidewalk. | ||
+ | {{drag-along | ||
+ | | latitude = 41 | ||
+ | | longitude = -87 | ||
+ | | date = 2013-02-16 | ||
+ | | partner = [[User:lrbrink90|lrbrink90]] | ||
+ | | name = zhukant | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{land geohash | ||
+ | | latitude = 41 | ||
+ | | longitude = -87 | ||
+ | | date = 2013-02-16 | ||
+ | | name = zhukant | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''01. [[Image:Arrow4.png|12px]] [[2012-11-16 38 -121]]''' | ||
+ | * Thwarted: Mother Nature. | ||
+ | * Did not have the equipment and clothes to slog through flooded farmland. | ||
+ | {{My kingdom for a boat | ||
+ | | latitude = 38 | ||
+ | | longitude = -121 | ||
+ | | date = 2012-11-16 | ||
+ | | name = zhukant | ||
+ | | waterhazard = flooded farm | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''00. [[Image:Arrow1.png|12px]] 2012-11-15 38 -121''' | ||
+ | *My first attempt to geohash never actually got off the ground. | ||
+ | *It was the second day that I had known about it, November 15th in Sacramento, and it turned out that on this day the hash fell on a really cool spot, in the [http://www.yolohiker.org/trails/fremont/index.html Fremont Weir State Wildlife Area] on something that looked easy to hike to. | ||
+ | *But alas, I didn't have the preparation skills, woke up too late in the morning, and had class almost all the way until sunset. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Notes== | ||
+ | These would be the approximate (W30) coordinates for a couch potato globalhash for me: | ||
+ | |||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | (x * 180) - 90 = +45 | x * 180 = 135 | x = .75 | ||
+ | (y * 360) - 180 = -122 | y * 360 = 58 | y = .161 | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | If the W30 coordinates are close to these numbers, I should check the globalhash. |
Latest revision as of 08:30, 1 March 2014
34 / m / 45,-122
I found out about geohashing from the XKCD blog talking about the Antarctica global hash. I've actually done a couple of Geocaches in the past, and I found out about those through my high school Latin IV teacher, who made it our final project to hide a series of Geocaches that somehow lead you through something Classics-related. But even though I've known about those since 2007, I never heard of geohashing until November 2012.
My Graticules
- I was born in 1990 in Moscow, in the Moscow graticule in Russia, and grew up right next door in Obninsk, but sadly, I doubt I will ever be doing any hashing there, so unless Russia's relationship with expatriates changes, I might never get the Origin geohash achievement.
- When I moved to America in 1999, I lived mostly in Santa Clara County, near San Francisco, which is apparently mostly water - sad to hear.
- I went to college at UC Davis, near Sac which is where I found out about geohashing!
- Lived in Chicago for the first half of 2013
- Now living in my dream town, Portland, hopefully forever!
Fellow Geohashers
People I dragged into Geohashing.
- lrbrink90 lives in Washington, D.C.
- Jeremizzle, my best friend. He lives in San Diego.
- TachiTaylor, my roommate in Portland.
Geohashing Activity
- Thwarted: No public access.
- Success #5
- Had four independent expeditions
zhukant earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
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- Success #4
- Had four independent expeditions.
- Success #3
zhukant earned the Drag-along achievement
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- Success #2
zhukant earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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zhukant earned the Meet-up achievement
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- My first successful Geohash!
- My first Saturday Meetup!
- Dragged my friend along
- On a sidewalk.
zhukant earned the Drag-along achievement
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zhukant earned the Land geohash achievement
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- Thwarted: Mother Nature.
- Did not have the equipment and clothes to slog through flooded farmland.
zhukant earned the My kingdom for a boat consolation prize
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- My first attempt to geohash never actually got off the ground.
- It was the second day that I had known about it, November 15th in Sacramento, and it turned out that on this day the hash fell on a really cool spot, in the Fremont Weir State Wildlife Area on something that looked easy to hike to.
- But alas, I didn't have the preparation skills, woke up too late in the morning, and had class almost all the way until sunset.
Notes
These would be the approximate (W30) coordinates for a couch potato globalhash for me:
(x * 180) - 90 = +45 | x * 180 = 135 | x = .75 (y * 360) - 180 = -122 | y * 360 = 58 | y = .161
If the W30 coordinates are close to these numbers, I should check the globalhash.