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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!  
* Living in [[Chicago]] for the first half of 2013
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* Lived in [[Chicago]] for the first half of 2013
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* Now living in my dream town, [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], hopefully forever!
  
 
===Fellow Geohashers===
 
===Fellow Geohashers===
 
People I dragged into Geohashing.
 
People I dragged into Geohashing.
* [[User:Lrbrink90|lrbrink90]]
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* [[User:Lrbrink90|lrbrink90]] lives in [[District of Columbia|Washington, D.C.]]
* [[User:Jeremizzle|Jeremizzle]], my best friend. He lives near [[Tecate, Mexico|San Diego]] but in an adjacent graticule.
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* [[User:Jeremizzle|Jeremizzle]], my best friend. He lives in [[Tecate, Mexico|San Diego]].
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* [[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. Better luck next time!
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'''07. [[Image:Arrow4.png|12px]] [[2014-02-28 45 -122]]'''
*[[2012-11-16 38 -121]]
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*Thwarted: No public access.
*'''[[2013-02-16 41 -87]] - my first successful Geohash!'''
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'''06. [[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2014-02-23 45 -122]]'''
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* Success #5
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* Had '''four''' independent expeditions
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{{bicycle geohash
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| latitude = 45
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| longitude = -122
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| date = 2014-02-23
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| name = zhukant
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| distance = 4.7 mi
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| bothways = true
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| image = 2014-02-23_45_-122_D.jpeg
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}}
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'''05. [[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2014-02-22 45 -122]]'''
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* Success #4
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* Had '''four''' independent expeditions.
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'''04. [[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2014-02-20 45 -122]]'''
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* Success #3
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{{drag-along
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| latitude = 45
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| longitude = -122
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| date = 2014-02-20
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| partner = TachiTaylor
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| name = [[User:Zhukant|zhukant]]
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| image = 2012-02-20 45 -122 DragAlong.jpeg
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}}
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'''03. [[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-06-10 45 -122]]'''
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* Success #2
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{{Public transport geohash
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| latitude = 45
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| longitude = -122
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| date = 2013-06-10
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| busline = MAX Blue Line
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| name = zhukant
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}}
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{{Meet-up
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| latitude = 45
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| longitude = -122
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| date = 2013-06-10
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| name = zhukant
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| other = [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
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}}
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'''02. [[Image:Arrow2.png|12px]] [[2013-02-16 41 -87]]'''
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* My first successful Geohash!
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* My first Saturday Meetup!
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* Dragged my friend along
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* On a sidewalk.
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{{drag-along
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| latitude = 41
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| longitude = -87
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| date = 2013-02-16
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| partner = [[User:lrbrink90|lrbrink90]]
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| name = zhukant
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}}
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{{land geohash
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| latitude = 41
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| longitude = -87
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| date = 2013-02-16
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| name = zhukant
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}}
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'''01. [[Image:Arrow4.png|12px]] [[2012-11-16 38 -121]]'''
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* Thwarted: Mother Nature.
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* Did not have the equipment and clothes to slog through flooded farmland.
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{{My kingdom for a boat
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| latitude = 38
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| longitude = -121
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| date = 2012-11-16
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| name = zhukant
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| waterhazard = flooded farm
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}}
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'''00. [[Image:Arrow1.png|12px]] 2012-11-15 38 -121'''
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*My first attempt to geohash never actually got off the ground.  
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*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.  
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*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.
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==Notes==
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These would be the approximate (W30) coordinates for a couch potato globalhash for me:
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<pre>
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(x * 180) - 90 =  +45 | x * 180 = 135 | x = .75
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(y * 360) - 180 = -122 | y * 360 =  58 | y = .161
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</pre>
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If the W30 coordinates are close to these numbers, I should check the globalhash.

Latest revision as of 08:30, 1 March 2014

Lol-asg.png 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.

Geohashing Activity

07. Arrow4.png 2014-02-28 45 -122

  • Thwarted: No public access.

06. Arrow2.png 2014-02-23 45 -122

  • Success #5
  • Had four independent expeditions
Bikegeohash.png
zhukant earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling 4.7 mi to and from the (45, -122) geohash on 2014-02-23.
2014-02-23 45 -122 D.jpeg

05. Arrow2.png 2014-02-22 45 -122

  • Success #4
  • Had four independent expeditions.

04. Arrow2.png 2014-02-20 45 -122

  • Success #3
Drag-along.png
zhukant earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging TachiTaylor to the (45, -122) geohash on 2014-02-20.
2012-02-20 45 -122 DragAlong.jpeg

03. Arrow2.png 2013-06-10 45 -122

  • Success #2
Bus.PNG
zhukant earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (45, -122) geohash on 2013-06-10 via MAX Blue Line.
Meetup.PNG
zhukant earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting Jim at the (45, -122) geohash on 2013-06-10.

02. Arrow2.png 2013-02-16 41 -87

  • My first successful Geohash!
  • My first Saturday Meetup!
  • Dragged my friend along
  • On a sidewalk.
Drag-along.png
zhukant earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging lrbrink90 to the (41, -87) geohash on 2013-02-16.
Landgeohash.png
zhukant earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (41, -87) geohash on 2013-02-16.

01. Arrow4.png 2012-11-16 38 -121

  • Thwarted: Mother Nature.
  • Did not have the equipment and clothes to slog through flooded farmland.
Boatless.PNG
zhukant earned the My kingdom for a boat consolation prize
by being prevented from reaching the (38, -121) geohash on 2012-11-16 by an impassable and unforeseen flooded farm.

00. Arrow1.png 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 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.