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| + | 300 17000e Rd N, Momence, IL 60954; address conveniently converted from the GPS coordinates by the very useful website http://stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php; this can be read by my GPS enabled phone's software, as opposed to the actual coordinates. | ||
| + | This turned out to be a farm ~60 miles south of Chicago, almost on the IL-IN border. | ||
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| + | Link to coordinate calculator: http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=41&long=-88&zoom=8&abs=1 | ||
== People == | == People == | ||
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| Sat 24 May 2008 in 41,-87: 41.1266480, -87.5475331 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
300 17000e Rd N, Momence, IL 60954; address conveniently converted from the GPS coordinates by the very useful website http://stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php; this can be read by my GPS enabled phone's software, as opposed to the actual coordinates. This turned out to be a farm ~60 miles south of Chicago, almost on the IL-IN border.
Link to coordinate calculator: http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=41&long=-88&zoom=8&abs=1
People
Only one, sadly. (I'm pretty sure I got the place right!) But some lovely pictures were taken, and a lovely time was had by one.
It might be useful, for next time, for Chicago-area adventure-seekers to agree on a graticule to visit, as apparently some people did show up in Schaumburg, IL.
The site itself.
