Difference between revisions of "2013-01-08 60 24"

Revision as of 12:38, 11 January 2013

Location

On the corner of Nordenskiöldinkatu and Minna Canthin katu in Töölö, Helsinki.

Participants

Kmk
Vyznev

Expedition

At geohash. -- Kmk @60.1868,24.9187 05:39, 8 January 2013 (EST)

Vyznev: This was my first geohash ever. I just happened to look at the geohashing wiki before leaving work, and saw that the hashpoint was on a street corner in central Helsinki, only a short bus ride away. I don't have a GPS, so I just looked up the location on Google Maps and Street View and memorized it.

After looking at the bus routes on the route planner, I also realized that I hadn't crossed my own path while coming to work, so I could attempt the Tron achievement. (As I understand it, stopping in a building and crossing my path while inside doesn't count.) I'd already walked right past the nearest bus stop, though, so I had to make a small detour through the woods to another stop.

Finding the actual hashpoint wasn't particularly difficult, even from memory. I looked for signs of any earlier visitors (didn't spot any), wrote "XKCD" in the snow and took some pictures. Didn't remember to make a snowman, though. On the way back, I took a tram to the city center, stopped to buy some groceries and took another bus home. For a final twist, I dozed off in the bus and ended up missing my stop. I wasn't sure if taking another bus back along the same road would be enough to disqualify me from the Tron achievement, so I decided to walk home along some small footpaths instead, which would've been quite pleasant if I hadn't been carrying a ridiculously heavy bag of groceries along.

I was hoping to get the Frozen Geohash achievement too, but I didn't have a thermometer with me, and the temperature recorded at the closest weather station at the time I visited the hashpoint was just around 0 °C, so I can't really be sure.

Photos

Virtual view of the hashpoint from the northwest along Minna Canthin katu on Google Street View
Virtual view of the hashpoint from the south across the street crossing on Google Street View
Virtual view of the hashpoint from the northeast across Nordenskiöldinkatu on Google Street View
Heading towards the hashpoint on bus 506
Reconstructed route, demonstrating Tron achievement
Temperature peaked at just barely above 0 °C, so no frozen geohash

Achievements

Vyznev earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (60, 24) geohash on 2013-01-08.

Vyznev earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (60, 24) geohash on 2013-01-08.

Vyznev earned the Public transport geohash achievement

by reaching the (60, 24) geohash on 2013-01-08 using public transit.

Vyznev earned the Tron achievement

by reaching and returning from the (60, 24) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2013-01-08.

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+On the corner of Nordenskiöldinkatu and Minna Canthin katu in Töölö, Helsinki.
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+*At geohash.  -- [[User:Kmk|Kmk]] [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=60.18677061&lon=24.91869062&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @60.1868,24.9187] 05:39, 8 January 2013 (EST)
-*At geohash.  -- [[User:Kmk|Kmk]] [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=60.18677061&lon=24.91869062&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @60.1868,24.9187] 05:39, 8 January 2013 (EST)
+[[User:Vyznev|Vyznev]]:
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+This was my first geohash ever.  I just happened to look at the geohashing wiki before leaving work, and saw that the hashpoint was on a street corner in central Helsinki, only a short bus ride away.  I don't have a GPS, so I just looked up the location on Google Maps and Street View and memorized it.
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+After looking at the bus routes on the route planner, I also realized that I hadn't crossed my own path while coming to work, so I could attempt the [[Tron achievement]].  (As I understand it, stopping in a building and crossing my path while inside doesn't count.)  I'd already walked right past the nearest bus stop, though, so I had to make a small detour through the woods to another stop.
+Finding the actual hashpoint wasn't particularly difficult, even from memory.  I looked for signs of any earlier visitors (didn't spot any), wrote "XKCD" in the snow and took some pictures.  Didn't remember to make a [[Snowman Geohash|snowman]], though.  On the way back, I took a tram to the city center, stopped to buy some groceries and took another bus home.  For a final twist, I dozed off in the bus and ended up missing my stop.  I wasn't sure if taking another bus back along the same road would be enough to disqualify me from the Tron achievement, so I decided to walk home along some small footpaths instead, which would've been quite pleasant if I hadn't been carrying a ridiculously heavy bag of groceries along.
+I was hoping to get the [[Frozen Geohash]] achievement too, but I didn't have a thermometer with me, and the temperature recorded at the closest weather station at the time I visited the hashpoint was just around 0 &deg;C, so I can't really be sure.
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+File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Street View screenshot 1.jpeg | Virtual view of the hashpoint from the northwest along Minna Canthin katu on Google Street View
+File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Street View screenshot 2.jpeg | Virtual view of the hashpoint from the south across the street crossing on Google Street View
+File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Street View screenshot 3.jpeg | Virtual view of the hashpoint from the northeast across Nordenskiöldinkatu on Google Street View
+File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 001.jpeg ‎| Heading towards the hashpoint on bus 506 <!-- will add rest of photos later -->
+File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Earth route screenshot.png | Reconstructed route, demonstrating Tron achievement
+File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Foreca weather Kaisaniemi.png | Temperature peaked at just barely above 0 &deg;C, so no frozen geohash
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