Difference between revisions of "2015-07-06 39 -89"

Latest revision as of 04:16, 15 August 2019

Location

In the median of Veteran's Parkway, in Springfield

Participants

Mystrsyko

Plans

Bike out around noon

Expedition

Another successful expedition!

Once again I have been blessed with a remarkably close geohash along Veteran's Parkway, this one a 1/4 mile closer than the 2015-05-28 hash. This one wasn't in the brush on the side of the road, however. It was smack in the middle of the grassy median that separates the different directions of traffic. On a busy, high speed (55mph) highway, that makes for a rather dangerous flavor of geohashing.

Normally on my bike rides I wear bright "high visibility" yellow to ensure I'm seen by drivers easily. Today, that was especially important, given that I would be running around a busy road. I packed my ID card in case the police were to object to geohashers wandering around in the road and my hashscot Collin and made the short ride down the shoulder to the vicinity of the point. A road sign conveniently across the road from the point made a handy bicycle rest.

While assessing the traffic flow, I took some quick pictures of the area, and at a break in said traffic quickly made my way into the median. I wasted no time in jogging towards the hash and catching a quick screenshot as I passed it. Then a short wait for another gap in traffic and I was back across to my bike having spent no more than 60 seconds in the median. Any longer would have been both very dangerous and quite suspicious I imagine.

Not knowing if any of the drivers passing by were concerned enough to call the police, I decided not to wait and find out, and quickly was on my way home with another geohash under my belt.

Tracklog

Strava

Photos

The approximate location of the hash
View to the north
Surprisingly traffic free view south
Average traffic volume behind the bike
Proof on the run

Achievements

Mystrsyko earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 3.6 miles to and from the (39, -89) geohash on 2015-07-06.

Mystrsyko earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (39, -89) geohash on 2015-07-06.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-<!-- If you did not specify these parameters in the template, please substitute appropriate values for IMAGE, LAT, LON, and DATE (YYYY-MM-DD format)
-[[Image:{{{image|IMAGE}}}|thumb|left]]
-Remove this section if you don't want an image at the top (left) of your report.   You should remove the "Image:" or "File:"
-tag from your image file name, and replace the all upper-case word IMAGE in the above line.
-And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :)
--->
 {{meetup graticule
 | lat=39
@@ Line 15: / Line 5: @@
 }}
-<!-- edit as necessary -->
 __NOTOC__
 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+In the median of Veteran's Parkway, in Springfield
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
+[[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]]
--->
 == Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
+Bike out around noon
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+[[File:2015-07-06 39 -89 grin.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Another successful expedition!]]
+Once again I have been blessed with a remarkably close geohash along Veteran's Parkway, this one a 1/4 mile closer than the [[2015-05-28 39 -89|2015-05-28]] hash. This one wasn't in the brush on the side of the road, however. It was smack in the middle of the grassy median that separates the different directions of traffic. On a busy, high speed (55mph) highway, that makes for a rather dangerous flavor of geohashing.
+Normally on my bike rides I wear bright "high visibility" yellow to ensure I'm seen by drivers easily. Today, that was especially important, given that I would be running around a busy road. I packed my ID card in case the police were to object to geohashers wandering around in the road and my hashscot Collin and made the short ride down the shoulder to the vicinity of the point. A road sign conveniently across the road from the point made a handy bicycle rest.
+While assessing the traffic flow, I took some quick pictures of the area, and at a break in said traffic quickly made my way into the median. I wasted no time in jogging towards the hash and catching a quick screenshot as I passed it. Then a short wait for another gap in traffic and I was back across to my bike having spent no more than 60 seconds in the median. Any longer would have been both very dangerous and quite suspicious I imagine.
+Not knowing if any of the drivers passing by were concerned enough to call the police, I decided not to wait and find out, and quickly was on my way home with another geohash under my belt.
 == Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+[https://www.strava.com/activities/340383897 Strava]
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2012-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
+<gallery widths="200px" heights="175px" perrow="5">
--->
+Image:2015-07-06 39 -89 hash.jpg|The approximate location of the hash
-<gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2015-07-06 39 -89 north.jpg|View to the north
+Image:2015-07-06 39 -89 south.jpg|Surprisingly traffic free view south
+Image:2015-07-06 39 -89 bike.jpg|Average traffic volume behind the bike
+Image:2015-07-06 39 -89 screenshot.png|Proof on the run
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{bicycle geohash
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+    | latitude = 39
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
+    | longitude = -89
-[[Category:New report]]
+    | date = 2015-07-06
+    | name = Mystrsyko
+    | distance = 3.6 miles
+    | bothways = true
+}}
+{{land geohash
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
+    | latitude = 39
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
+    | longitude = -89
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+    | date = 2015-07-06
--->
+    | name = Mystrsyko
+}}
-<!-- If all those plans are never acted upon, change [[Category:Expedition planning]] to [[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]. -->
-<!-- An actual expedition:
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|US|IL|SM}}
---><!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location instead of the actual geohash:
-[[Category:Not reached - Attended alternate location]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


Mon 6 Jul 2015 in 39,-89: 39.8141484, -89.7029164 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox