Difference between revisions of "2018-05-05 24 55"

Revision as of 19:34, 8 May 2018

Location

Jebel Ali Industrial Area, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Participants

Expedition

I was on a trip in the Middle East, of course looking at the geohashes every day. Unfortunately, most were either in the sea, in the middle of the desert, or in restricted areas. But on the second-to-last day of my trip this one popped up on what appeared to be, on Google Maps, a vacant lot in a new business park. Of course you never know if something has been built there in the meantime, but all the more reason to go there and find out. As it turned out, it was still an empty wasteland and the spot was easy to reach (though somehow I couldn't get a zero reading on my GPS). There were a few people walking around a building across the street but they didn't seem to mind me wandering around.

Photos

The area was an empty wasteland (as much of Dubai was a few decades ago).
There were rocks that appeared to have been moved around by bulldozer.
Several industrial buildings are in the neighbourhood.
The big city is in this direction.
Made it!
Lloyd happy to be here.
Scratched an "X" into the sand.

Achievements

@@ 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=24
@@ Line 14: / Line 4: @@
 | date=2018-05-05
 }}
-<!-- edit as necessary -->
 __NOTOC__
 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+Jebel Ali Industrial Area, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
 == 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:FelixTheCat|FelixTheCat]] ([[User talk:FelixTheCat|talk]])
--->
-== Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+I was on a trip in the Middle East, of course looking at the geohashes every day. Unfortunately, most were either in the sea, in the middle of the desert, or in restricted areas. But on the second-to-last day of my trip this one popped up on what appeared to be, on Google Maps, a vacant lot in a new business park. Of course you never know if something has been built there in the meantime, but all the more reason to go there and find out. As it turned out, it was still an empty wasteland and the spot was easy to reach (though somehow I couldn't get a zero reading on my GPS). There were a few people walking around a building across the street but they didn't seem to mind me wandering around.
-== Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
 == Photos ==
 <!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2012-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
+Witty Comment
 -->
 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2018-05-05_24_55_FelixTheCat_1.JPG | The area was an empty wasteland (as much of Dubai was a few decades ago).
+Image:2018-05-05_24_55_FelixTheCat_2.JPG | There were rocks that appeared to have been moved around by bulldozer.
+Image:2018-05-05_24_55_FelixTheCat_3.JPG | Several industrial buildings are in the neighbourhood.
+Image:2018-05-05_24_55_FelixTheCat_4.JPG | The big city is in this direction.
+Image:2018-05-05_24_55_FelixTheCat_5.png | Made it!
+Image:2018-05-05_24_55_FelixTheCat_6.JPG | Lloyd happy to be here.
+Image:2018-05-05_24_55_FelixTheCat_7.JPG | Scratched an "X" into the sand.
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
-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. -->
-[[Category:New report]]
-<!-- ==REQUEST FOR TWITTER BOT== Please leave either the New report or the Expedition planning category in as long as you work on it. This helps the twitter bot a lot with announcing the right outcome at the right moment. -->
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
--->
-<!-- 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]]
---><!-- 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) -->


Sat 5 May 2018 in 24,55: 24.9297175, 55.0259799 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox