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([live] Qualified success. I probably reached the hashpoint, located in a field of some sort (not corn). However, I was beset by a lack of GPS accuracy, and I had multiple points 50 or so metres apart registered as the correct point. I took measurements...)
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== Location ==
 
== Location ==
Near Crab Orchard, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA, in what is likely the middle of a cornfield.
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Near Crab Orchard, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA, in the middle of a (legume?) field.
  
 
== Participants ==
 
== Participants ==
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8 AM local time. Now making preparations.
 
8 AM local time. Now making preparations.
  
[[Category:Expedition planning]]
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==Expedition==
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Full writeup coming soon. Notes below.
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*Now stopped on Kansas Turnpike plaza. 350 or so km to go.  -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.76635550&lon=-96.98120490&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @37.7664,-96.9812] 16:22, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)
 
*Now stopped on Kansas Turnpike plaza. 350 or so km to go.  -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.76635550&lon=-96.98120490&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @37.7664,-96.9812] 16:22, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)
 
*Now stopped in Manhattan for lunch. 150 km to go.
 
*Now stopped in Manhattan for lunch. 150 km to go.
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Not good with technology today.  -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.18514180&lon=-96.56045850&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @39.1851,-96.5605] 18:24, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)
 
Not good with technology today.  -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.18514180&lon=-96.56045850&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @39.1851,-96.5605] 18:24, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)
 
*Qualified success. I probably reached the hashpoint, located in a field of some sort (not corn). However, I was beset by a lack of GPS accuracy, and I had multiple points 50 or so metres apart registered as the correct point. I took measurements at most of them, and there were certainly no further obstacles between me and the point, so I think I made it.  -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) 21:56, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)
 
*Qualified success. I probably reached the hashpoint, located in a field of some sort (not corn). However, I was beset by a lack of GPS accuracy, and I had multiple points 50 or so metres apart registered as the correct point. I took measurements at most of them, and there were certainly no further obstacles between me and the point, so I think I made it.  -- [[User:Thunk|Thunk]] ([[User talk:Thunk|talk]]) 21:56, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)
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==Photos==
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[[Category:Coordinates reached]]

Revision as of 17:12, 29 June 2016

Globalhash on Tue 28 Jun 2016:
40.340664,-96.411924

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Location

Near Crab Orchard, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA, in the middle of a (legume?) field.

Participants

Plans

I'm 6 hours away, one way, so it's going to be a long drive. So much for getting work done. -thunk

8 AM local time. Now making preparations.

Expedition

Full writeup coming soon. Notes below.

  • Now stopped on Kansas Turnpike plaza. 350 or so km to go. -- Thunk (talk) @37.7664,-96.9812 16:22, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)
  • Now stopped in Manhattan for lunch. 150 km to go.

Not good with technology today. -- Thunk (talk) @39.1851,-96.5605 18:24, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)

  • Qualified success. I probably reached the hashpoint, located in a field of some sort (not corn). However, I was beset by a lack of GPS accuracy, and I had multiple points 50 or so metres apart registered as the correct point. I took measurements at most of them, and there were certainly no further obstacles between me and the point, so I think I made it. -- Thunk (talk) 21:56, 28 June 2016 (GMT+00:00)

Photos