Difference between revisions of "2012-12-12 47 -122"

Latest revision as of 00:12, 14 August 2019

Location

At the edge of an outbuilding in Edgewood.

Participants

Thomcat

Expedition

A month and a half is far too long for the Seattle graticule to go without a geohash. To be fair, most of those would have required military clearance or water wings.

Wednesday night I was headed to Tacoma to have a pint with a pal and saw that the Geohash was likely to be achievable. Expedition!

Beer at the pub first, then geohash. -- Thomcat @47.2619,-122.4461 18:59, 12 December 2012 (PST)

After the pint, I drove to the spot, parking right beside the closed business. Mostly dark, with the only illumination from the very bright sign.

It's weird to sit watching the geohashdroid and see the dot - not the map - move. -- Thomcat @47.2316,-122.2945 20:43, 12 December 2012 (PST)

This was the strange bit - I was parked, and the map was not moving a bit, but the dot actually slid around a little on the screen. Was it moving out of the way of the arrow? No idea. Anyhow, the closest I could get a reading was 5.5 meters, and on geohashdroid that ended up green - I am guessing due to the metal building and rain. The actual spot was (according to the photo) inside that building, which was not accessible after hours anyhow.

12-12-12 geohash achieved!

Photos

The building @47.2316,-122.2945
Time to head north again. @47.2316,-122.2945

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+A month and a half is '''far''' too long for the Seattle graticule to go without a geohash. To be fair, most of those would have required military clearance or water wings.
+Wednesday night I was headed to Tacoma to have a pint with a pal and saw that the Geohash was likely to be achievable. Expedition!
 *Beer at the pub first, then geohash.  -- [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.26189189&lon=-122.44612337&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.2619,-122.4461] 18:59, 12 December 2012 (PST)
+After the pint, I drove to the spot, parking right beside the closed business. Mostly dark, with the only illumination from the very bright sign.
 *It's weird to sit watching the geohashdroid and see the dot - not the map - move.  -- [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.23159795&lon=-122.29449628&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.2316,-122.2945] 20:43, 12 December 2012 (PST)
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+This was the strange bit - I was parked, and the map was not moving a bit, but the dot actually slid around a little on the screen. Was it moving out of the way of the arrow? No idea. Anyhow, the closest I could get a reading was 5.5 meters, and on geohashdroid that ended up green - I am guessing due to the metal building and rain. The actual spot was (according to the photo) inside that building, which was not accessible after hours anyhow.
+-12-12 geohash achieved!
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