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* 2008-06-28 : [[User:James_H|James]] got within 95 feet of this one, took pictures, and helped a motorist put their jetski back on its trailer.
 
* 2008-06-28 : [[User:James_H|James]] got within 95 feet of this one, took pictures, and helped a motorist put their jetski back on its trailer.
 
* 2008-07-12 : [[User:James_H|James]] neglected to bring his GPS on this trip and had no idea of the exact coordinates, but the map says he made it to within a football field just by driving aimlessly.
 
* 2008-07-12 : [[User:James_H|James]] neglected to bring his GPS on this trip and had no idea of the exact coordinates, but the map says he made it to within a football field just by driving aimlessly.
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* 2008-07-19 : [[User:James_H|James]] went to the geodashing spot mentioned at the bottom of the page instead of the far-flung meetup spot. He found himself in some type of work zone, with various heavy machinery scattered around. The actual point was at the top of a dirt plateau, and was quite easily reached. Several animal tracks were noted on the dirt access road, but now they have boot tracks as a companion.
  
 
== Local Geohashers ==
 
== Local Geohashers ==

Revision as of 20:00, 21 July 2008

Dothan, AL Albany, GA Moultrie, GA
Panama City, FL Tallahassee, Florida Valdosta, GA
Port St. Joe, FL Carrabelle, FL Cross City, FL

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Today's Geohash: [Tallahassee, FL]

The Tallahassee, FL graticule is located at latitude 30 N, longitude 84 W.

Cities in this Graticule

  • Havana, FL
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • Quincy, FL
  • Bainbridge, GA
  • Cairo, GA

Gulfs of Mexico in this Graticule

Just this one

Weekly (Saturday Meetup) Locations

  • 2008-05-24: 30.126648°, -84.547534° Southern portion of the Apalachicola National Forest. (No visits.)
  • 2008-05-31: 30.037487°, -84.281267° Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Live Oak Island. (No visits.)
  • 2008-06-07: 30.501784°, -84.114371° On private property on Star View Ln, in Hawks Landing sub-division. (4 visitors!)
  • 2008-06-14: 30.806746°, -84.038887° On private property, southwest of Thomasville, GA. (1 visitor.)
  • 2008-06-21: 30.979317°, -84.613963° Adjacent to the Decatur County Industrial Air Park in Bainbridge, GA. (2 visitors.)

Half-Hearted Weekday Attempts

  • 2008-06-23: This was within 5 miles of his house, and he wasn't working, so James arrived in Deer Lake just after 4:00 PM for the (first?) weekday geohash. Unfortunately, it turned out to be located within a fenced-in wastewater treatment plant. So even though he breached the outer perimeter, he only got within 300 feet of the spot before a more secure fence turned him away. And since he failed to actually reach the hashpoint, he didn't take any pictures. Oh, and once again it started raining as soon as he left. So, not a successful outing. But he did enjoy the strange looks directed his way.
  • 2008-07-13: Two and a half miles from Zingor, and the map made it look like I could just walk on up. Unfortunately, there's actually a giant barbed-wire topped fence preventing that. I guess the State of Florida doesn't want people just wandering around on I-10.

Notable Dates

  • 2008-06-07 : This one was fun! Check out the meet-up page for details & pictures!
  • 2008-06-14 : James went there, and had a sweaty good time. Pictures to come when an easier way to upload them is found.
  • 2008-06-21 : zingor and briand met there and stood in a cloud of tenacious pests.
  • 2008-06-28 : James got within 95 feet of this one, took pictures, and helped a motorist put their jetski back on its trailer.
  • 2008-07-12 : James neglected to bring his GPS on this trip and had no idea of the exact coordinates, but the map says he made it to within a football field just by driving aimlessly.
  • 2008-07-19 : James went to the geodashing spot mentioned at the bottom of the page instead of the far-flung meetup spot. He found himself in some type of work zone, with various heavy machinery scattered around. The actual point was at the top of a dirt plateau, and was quite easily reached. Several animal tracks were noted on the dirt access road, but now they have boot tracks as a companion.

Local Geohashers

  • branwen will attend if the loc' is accessible
  • briand is... um, wha?
  • mpf might try attending a Saturday meetup sometime.
  • James will not drive over 90 minutes for the July 19th meet. Instead, he'll visit the geodashing spot he wrote of below. He'll also go on weekdays when he's not working and the spots are close enough.
  • zingor won't be able to try again in Tallahassee until August 2nd, but is going to try to get to the meetup in Boca this weekend.
  • deliriousduckie also wants to come to a Saturday meetup someday.
  • dirtybastin is always there in spirit.

Geodashing Spot

I just found this page that shows a Geodashing spot to be visited in the month of June, 2008! Now we have a backup for inaccessible Saturday meetups, at least this month. --05:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)