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| + | This was by far the best geohash expedition I've been on, due to a combination of factors: | ||
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| + | *The weather was perfect. Very sunny and about 68 degrees. | ||
| + | *The location was easy to get to by car (45 minutes away, mostly highway) | ||
| + | *There were dirt tracks that led right there that I could drive my 4WD car on | ||
| + | *The terrain was very lush and green and hilly and enjoyable to experience | ||
| + | *We got to stream the expedition live to a few friends/strangers on the internet | ||
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| + | So I mapped out the area the morning of, and talked about it a little bit in the IRC channel. We had live streamed an expedition the previous day and when it came time to try it, a few geohashers of European domicile decided to tag along and I am very flattered that they wanted to join. I tried to be a good host, explaining things about the culture and unique aspects of my town and the route, which took us on some of the major highways near Washington, DC. When we neared the spot that Google Maps took us to, even though we knew there was a river between us and the hash, we got out to explore. It was fun reading and responding to users' comments on tinychat while exploring. | ||
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| + | When we got out of the car, we heard a crazy buzzing noise, it was some kind of interference from the power lines. Even the watchers of the stream could hear it. We walked down to the river, or "moat" as we were calling it also. We saw a couple of ducks which waddled away from us, uninterested. We went down to the other end of the mowed area and saw some rocks that maybe would have allowed us to cross, but only with signifcant risk of getting wet, so we went with our original plan which was to circle around to the other side by driving back on normal roads. | ||
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| + | We trekked back to the car and drove around a quarry/stone plant, a FedEx truck repair plant, a golf course, and other related stuff. [[User:OfficeLinebacker|OfficeLinebacker]] ([[User talk:OfficeLinebacker|talk]]) | ||
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nan-YHK16Fc Video] | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nan-YHK16Fc Video] | ||
Revision as of 23:03, 4 May 2013
| Sat 4 May 2013 in 39,-77: 39.0831226, -77.5235966 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In a mowed track under some power lines in Leesburg, VA. Some faint dirt tracks for cars are visible as well as a small river.
Participants
OfficeLinebacker (talk) Allison
Plans
We are planning on going at around 4pm Eastern US time, and may try to live stream the expedition via TinyChat again, if there are any interested viewers.
Expedition
This was by far the best geohash expedition I've been on, due to a combination of factors:
- The weather was perfect. Very sunny and about 68 degrees.
- The location was easy to get to by car (45 minutes away, mostly highway)
- There were dirt tracks that led right there that I could drive my 4WD car on
- The terrain was very lush and green and hilly and enjoyable to experience
- We got to stream the expedition live to a few friends/strangers on the internet
So I mapped out the area the morning of, and talked about it a little bit in the IRC channel. We had live streamed an expedition the previous day and when it came time to try it, a few geohashers of European domicile decided to tag along and I am very flattered that they wanted to join. I tried to be a good host, explaining things about the culture and unique aspects of my town and the route, which took us on some of the major highways near Washington, DC. When we neared the spot that Google Maps took us to, even though we knew there was a river between us and the hash, we got out to explore. It was fun reading and responding to users' comments on tinychat while exploring.
When we got out of the car, we heard a crazy buzzing noise, it was some kind of interference from the power lines. Even the watchers of the stream could hear it. We walked down to the river, or "moat" as we were calling it also. We saw a couple of ducks which waddled away from us, uninterested. We went down to the other end of the mowed area and saw some rocks that maybe would have allowed us to cross, but only with signifcant risk of getting wet, so we went with our original plan which was to circle around to the other side by driving back on normal roads.
We trekked back to the car and drove around a quarry/stone plant, a FedEx truck repair plant, a golf course, and other related stuff. OfficeLinebacker (talk)
Tracklog
Photos
The satellite view @39.0931,-77.1554
Silly grin @39.0831,-77.5236
A small stream nearby @39.0845,-77.5232
View back to the car @39.0845,-77.5232
Cool radome thing @39.0838,-77.5290
Ruined house @39.0827,-77.5290
The burned house from the inside @39.0827,-77.5290
Allison @39.0827,-77.5288
The car in a sea of green @39.0827,-77.5288
Some cows @39.0632,-77.5388
Achievements
