Difference between revisions of "2015-05-29 37 -122"

Latest revision as of 01:01, 7 August 2019

Location

On a walking path by Lake Merritt in Oakland, California.

Participants

Codae

Plans

I was planning to run some errands in the city that morning, so when a geohash showed up I just had my brother drive the van home alone while I planned to return by public transportation.

Expedition

The errands went well, and I proceeded to travel by bus from Berkeley to the hashpoint in Oakland. I had never been to the lake before, and it was pleasant, if cool. There were many birds there, including mallards, Canada geese, an egret, and what I later determined to be a cormorant. An interpretive sign gave goose counts for each month of the year, with most months sitting in the 400s but June and July at about triple that population: late May is close enough to peak that the quantities I saw should be unsurprising.

I was a bit worried about the unexpectedly steep, artificial banks, as they meant that a small Google Earth satellite imagery offset could put the geohash in inaccessible water. But this was not a problem: Google Earth accurately located the hashpoint on the path itself, and I easily acquired the right coordinates. I then headed home by bus, BART, and (on one segment where there wasn't a bus at the right time) foot.

Photos

I have not yet mastered the art of sunny-day LCD photography, but today was cloudy.
From the hashpoint, the north end of the east fork of the lake.

Achievements

Codae earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (37, -122) geohash on 2015-05-29.

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 == Location ==
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+On a walking path by Lake Merritt in Oakland, California.
 == Participants ==
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+* [[User:Codae|Codae]]
 == Plans ==
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+I was planning to run some errands in the city that morning, so when a geohash showed up I just had my brother drive the van home alone while I planned to return by public transportation.
 == Expedition ==
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+The errands went well, and I proceeded to travel by bus from Berkeley to the hashpoint in Oakland.  I had never been to the lake before, and it was pleasant, if cool.  There were many birds there, including mallards, Canada geese, an egret, and what I later determined to be a cormorant.  An interpretive sign gave goose counts for each month of the year, with most months sitting in the 400s but June and July at about triple that population: late May is close enough to peak that the quantities I saw should be unsurprising.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+I was a bit worried about the unexpectedly steep, artificial banks, as they meant that a small Google Earth satellite imagery offset could put the geohash in inaccessible water.  But this was not a problem: Google Earth accurately located the hashpoint on the path itself, and I easily acquired the right coordinates.  I then headed home by bus, BART, and (on one segment where there wasn't a bus at the right time) foot.
 == Photos ==
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+Image:2015-05-29 37 -122 Proof.jpg | I have not yet mastered the art of sunny-day LCD photography, but today was cloudy.
+Image:2015-05-29 37 -122 Area.jpg | From the hashpoint, the north end of the east fork of the lake.
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 == Achievements ==
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+{{Land geohash|latitude=37|longitude=-122|date=2015-05-29|name=Codae}}
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Fri 29 May 2015 in 37,-122: 37.8078270, -122.2518924 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox