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A place in Manhattan without lots of people? I call fake! Just kidding. Congratulations to both of you for a nice report and to Sputnik for your inaugural expedition. - Danatar (talk) 20:06, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Danatar! But yes, Manhattan goes all the way past 220th St and most people never go above 70th, let alone 200th. :) Also Sputnik has hashed before, in California with LucasBrown, though I don't think she had a wiki-name until now? -- OtherJack (talk) 03:44, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

(Regarding the "By The Way" -addition): Hey guys! Don't be too shy about your Geohashing-hobby IRL! I usually tell everybody I can about this hobby and try to advertise it. Have been able to recruit at least a couple of guys into it (JiK and Bysmyyr). Tilley (talk) 05:23, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Hahaha, I have occasionally told people but it never really stuck, despite often some initial interest (e.g. 2pacchacha) so I suppose that's why I don't mention it much. Also, to be clear, we are acquaintances through a much larger group of people, do not know each other that well... though now I'm sure this story will come up the next time I see those folks, so maybe another hasher or two will materialize! -- OtherJack (talk) 09:50, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Just commenting on your hash fire hydrant - found a map of Harlem circa 1900 that shows roads through Inwood Hill and black dots along the roads. Likely to be houses, though they could be hydrants - couldn't tell. --Thomcat (talk) 05:06, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Excellent, do you have a link to this map? -- OtherJack (talk) 05:11, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/ is your friend. This link should take you to the right area, though it will take a bit to load. Slider on the left side controls how transparent the map from 1900 is. --Thomcat (talk) 15:08, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Interesting. The maps are rather misaligned but definitely signs of former habitation in what is now Inwood Hill Park. Next time I'll have to watch for old foundations or other artifacts... -- OtherJack (talk) 02:32, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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 A place in Manhattan without lots of people? I call fake! Just kidding. Congratulations to both of you for a nice report and to Sputnik for your inaugural expedition. - [[User:Danatar|Danatar]] ([[User talk:Danatar|talk]]) 20:06, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 :Thanks Danatar!  But yes, Manhattan goes all the way past 220th St and most people never go above 70th, let alone 200th. :)  Also [[User:Sputnik|Sputnik]] has hashed before, in California with [[User:LucasBrown|LucasBrown]], though I don't think she had a wiki-name until now?  -- [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] ([[User talk:OtherJack|talk]]) 03:44, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
+(Regarding the "By The Way" -addition): Hey guys! Don't be too shy about your Geohashing-hobby IRL! I usually tell everybody I can about this hobby and try to advertise it. Have been able to recruit at least a couple of guys into it (JiK and [[User:Bysmyyr|Bysmyyr]]). [[User:Tilley|Tilley]] ([[User talk:Tilley|talk]]) 05:23, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
+:Hahaha, I have occasionally told people but it never really stuck, despite often some initial interest (e.g. [[User:2pacchacha|2pacchacha]]) so I suppose that's why I don't mention it much.  Also, to be clear, we are acquaintances through a much larger group of people, do not know each other that well... though now I'm sure this story will come up the next time I see those folks, so maybe another hasher or two will materialize!  -- [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] ([[User talk:OtherJack|talk]]) 09:50, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
+Just commenting on your hash fire hydrant - found a map of Harlem circa 1900 that shows roads through Inwood Hill and black dots along the roads. Likely to be houses, though they could be hydrants - couldn't tell. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 05:06, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
+:Excellent, do you have a link to this map?  -- [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] ([[User talk:OtherJack|talk]]) 05:11, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
+::http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/ is your friend. This [http://arcg.is/2aKmulW link] should take you to the right area, though it will take a bit to load. Slider on the left side controls how transparent the map from 1900 is. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 15:08, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
+:::Interesting.  The maps are rather misaligned but definitely signs of former habitation in what is now Inwood Hill Park.  Next time I'll have to watch for old foundations or other artifacts... -- [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] ([[User talk:OtherJack|talk]]) 02:32, 6 August 2016 (UTC)