User:Hermann

37 / m / 53,9

xkcd-reader from germany, living in west Hamburg. In times of global warming, I dislike wasting fuel on Geohashing, so I try to get to hashes in range by bike. For your information, as of July 2008, standard fuel (91 ROZ) is 1.55 EUR per Litre ^= 2.53 AUD per Litre ^= 2.45 USD per Litre ^= 9.27 USD per US-Gallon in Germany.

You can speak to me in the #geohashing IRC channel or at my Teamspeak. I can have a look at your geohashing oriented PHP, Java, C++, Python, Pascal or Bash code (and there is a small possibility that I can improve it).

Contributions

I run the Google Maps service for generating overviews containing geohashing locations.
I adapted Douglas Adams' "Nad": In geohashing, you call it Geonad.
I drew the Bicycle Geohash Award ribbon image myself and converted Randall's Geohashing logo into a vector format image. It is used on the posters I hold being at the hashes and the promotional poster I left in Hamburg.
This wxPython powered App alerts me whenever todays geohash is close whilst this one fires at pixels using The Algoritm.
I use Commonist to upload my photos to the wiki. Use "geohashing _ http://wiki.xkcd.com/wgh/api.php" for your "wikis.txt" config file. It's great, much less clicking and copypasta.

Statistics

Range

Travelling by bike only, my range is:

9.60707 < longitude < 10
53.54037 < latitude < 53.67906

Hashes I've visited

You find an overview including all Geohashes I've been to here.

• 26. Mai. 2008 A junction in the village "Klevendeich".
• 03. Jun. 2008 A field near "Elmshorn".
• 24. Jun. 2008 A swamp near "Appen".
• 29. Jun. 2008 At the shore of the river Elbe.
• 17. Jul. 2008 Retrohash to the Lufthansa Technik facilities.
• 06. Apr. 2008 A field near "Tornesch".
• 20. Sep. 2008 A factory of Hermes Schleifwerkzeuge.
• 15. Dez. 2008 On the dike near the "Pinnau" flood barrage.
• 24. Dez. 2008 A dug over field near "Lorenzreuth".
• 09. Jan. 2009 At the shore of the river Elbe.
• 03. Feb. 2009 A tree nursery near "Wedel".
• 08. Mar. 2009 The "Lehmweg" in Hamburg town centre.
• 04. Apr. 2009 A field near "Iphofen".
• 26. Apr. 2009 A tree nursery north the forest "Klövensteen".
• 07. Mai. 2009 Churchyard south of "Pinneberg".
• 12. Mai. 2009 Paddock near "Hamburg-Sülldorf".
• 15. Mai. 2009 On a field near the "Zeiss Vogelstation" (near "Wedel").
• 18. Mai. 2009 Backyard in the middle of "Wedel".
• 13. Sep. 2009 Woods near "Würzburg".
• 15. Sep. 2009 Corn field near "Rothenburg".
• 16. Sep. 2009 Woods near "Ansbach".
• 20. Okt. 2009 The botanical garden.
• 21. Apr. 2010 On the dike in "Wedel".
• 23. Apr. 2010 Shared backyard in "Hamburg-Eidelstedt".
• 09. Jun. 2010 At the river Elbe.
• 10. Aug. 2010 In the forest "Klövensteen".
• 22. Sep. 2010 The "Süderstraße" in "Hamburg-Hamm".
• 21. Jan. 2011 Puppet-Master Hash near "Buxtehude".
• 27. Jan. 2011 An apple farm near "Wedel".
• 28. Jan. 2011 A tree nursery north of "Holm".

Hashes I've not been to

These hashes were in range, but I have not visited them because...

04. Jun. 2008	An apple tree in someones backyard in "Tornesch".	I was hashing the previous day so I decided to skip that one.
16. Jun. 2008	Fallow ground near "Heist".	I was on vacation in Sweden.
06. Jul. 2008	A small pond near Ellerbeck.	It was raining.
10. Aug. 2008	East of "Elmshorn".	And it was raining again...
11. Aug. 2008	Near "Rhen", north of "Norderstedt".	Raining again...
12. Aug. 2008	South of "Tornesch".	I was busy fixing my computer and checked the coordinates too late.
28. Dez. 2008	Northeast of "Pinneberg".	Too cold for going by bike.
16. Feb. 2009	On an islet in the river Elbe near "Haseldorf".	Snow. Destination unreachable without boat.
20. Feb. 2009	West of "Uetersen".	Ugly weather.
22. Mär. 2009	Near "Thesdorf".	Planned, then cancelled due to storm.
29. Mär. 2009	North of "Pinneberg" near the river "Pinnau".	Distance was greather than motivation.
27. Mai 2009	Private property with caravans in "Hamburg-Lurup"	Couln't find anyone to go on expedition with me. Didn't want to do it alone.
10. Jun. 2009	A (business?) builing in "Hamburg-Lurup".	Messed up my back playing badminton. Can't ride my bike at the moment.
11. Jun. 2009	A backyard in "Hamburg-Lurup".	Ouch.
16. Jun. 2009	Random field north the "Pinnau" flood barrage.	Ouch.
18. Jun. 2009	Field in Niendorf (near the "Niendorfter Gehege").	Ahh.
19. Jun. 2009	Hedge near a main street in "Tornesch".	Still not much better.
28. Aug. 2009	A road under some rails.	Location was inaccesible and I had not enough spare time.
19. Sep. 2009	Field near "Haselau"	Cycled in the direction but ran out of time.
22. Sep. 2009	Park near the Wilhelmsburg subway station.	Weather was too good to spend two hours in the subway. Rode my bike somwhere else.
02. Okt. 2009	In the outer Alster.	Checked the coordinates, planned to go there, then forgot about it over night.
09. Okt. 2009	A small city square with a group of trees downtown.	Met a friend in the subway on the way, ran out ouf time going anti-shopping*.
20. Nov. 2009	A field near "Kummerfeld".	Classes lasted longer than the day.
24. Nov. 2009	The river "Mühlenau" near Ellerbek.	Same.
11. Jan. 2010	An old dike near "Hetlingen".	There was no car nor ski available nor I had enough spare time to walk there.
23. Feb. 2010	North of the forest "Klövensteen" near 26. Apr. 2009.	Would need spiked tyres for my bike.
25. Feb. 2010	In the district "Hamburg-Bahrenfeld".	Public transport on strike.
27. Feb. 2010	Forest "Klövensteen".	Cold and rainy weather led to lack of motivation.
06. Mai 2010	Backyard near "Hamburg-Schnelsen".	Not enough spare time.
24. Jun. 2010	Corner of a house in "Schenefeld".	Needed to do my homework.
10. Jul. 2010	Near a quarry pond I often swim in.	Too hot for biking.
09. Okt. 2010	Industrial compound in "Halstenbek".	Visited a friend for a cup of tea and didn't leave before sunset.
14. Okt. 2010	Near Hagenbeck's Zoo.	Went swimming instead.
17. Okt. 2010	Field path in "Halstenbek-Krupunder".	Went to Hagenbeck's Zoo. Looks like a synchronization issue.

*) Trying to purchase something that you just can't find in any of the visited stores.

Achievements

• I am the first geohasher in my graticule
• I am the first successful geohasher in Germany (edit this page if I'm wrong)
• I am a Bicycle Geohasher
• 2008-07-17 53 9 was very close to become a Déjà Vu Geohash

This user earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2008-06-03 despite being thoroughly wet from a thunderstorm.

This user earned the There might be alligators! consolation prize by being prevented from reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2008-06-24 by an impassable and unforeseen swamp (and probably lurking alligators).

This user earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (53, 9) geohash on 2008-05-26.

This user earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2008-05-26.

This user earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2008-08-06.

This user earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Matthias to the (53, 9) geohash on 2008-12-15.

This user earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-01-09 while the temperature was -4.5°C.

This user earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement by reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-01-09 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.

This user earned the Picnic achievement by reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-02-03.

This user earned the Police Geohash Achievement by meeting an officer while attempting the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-02-03.

This user earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-02-03 in the middle of the night.

This user earned the Pub Geohash Achievement by visiting a pub visible from the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-03-08.

This user earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-03-08 via U3.

This user earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-04-26.

This user earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement by manipulating a fellow student to reach the (53, 9) geohash on 2011-01-28.