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Today's Location: [Quad Cities]

The Quad Cities graticule is at latitude 41, longitude -90. It includes all of the Quad Cities (Moline, Rock Island, East Moline, Davenport & Bettendorf [Yes, the Quad Cities include five cities]), areas northwest in Iowa and areas south and northeast in Illinois.

Expeditions

2010-12-23 - Near Interstate 74 in Bettendorf, IA.
2010-04-13 - 160th St and Vail Ave, SE of Pleasant Prairie, IA.
2009-10-15 - In the yard of a house in Bettendorf, IA.
2009-10-13 - First successful expedition, in Bettendorf, IA.
2009-08-24 - A drive-by, with picture, but doesn't qualify for a No Trespassing since there was a fence with no sign.
2009-03-04 - Genuflected to by an anonymous contributor.

Geohashers

Cachengr
Zentiggr - From Moline, IL

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 [[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=41&long=-90&zoom=9&abs=-1 Quad Cities]]
-The Quad Cities [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=41&long=-90 latitude 41, longitude -90]. It includes all of the Quad Cities (Moline, Rock Island, Davenport & Bettendorf) and areas north in [[Iowa]] and areas south and northeast in [[Illinois]].
+The Quad Cities [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=41&long=-90 latitude 41, longitude -90]. It includes all of the Quad Cities (Moline, Rock Island, East Moline, Davenport & Bettendorf [Yes, the Quad Cities include five cities]), areas northwest in [[Iowa]] and areas south and northeast in [[Illinois]].
-==Geohashes Attempted==
+==Expeditions==
-[[2010-04-13 41 -90]] - 160th St and Vail Ave, SE of Pleasant Prairie, IA.
+*[[2010-12-23 41 -90|2010-12-23]] - Near Interstate 74 in Bettendorf, IA.
+*[[2010-04-13 41 -90|2010-04-13]] - 160th St and Vail Ave, SE of Pleasant Prairie, IA.
-[[2009-10-15 41 -90]] - In the yard of a house in Bettendorf, IA.
+*[[2009-10-15 41 -90|2009-10-15]] - In the yard of a house in Bettendorf, IA.
+*[[2009-10-13 41 -90|2009-10-13]] - First successful expedition, in Bettendorf, IA.
-[[2009-08-24 41 -90]] - A drive-by, with picture, but doesn't qualify for a No Trespassing since there was a fence with no sign.
+*[[2009-08-24 41 -90|2009-08-24]] - A drive-by, with picture, but doesn't qualify for a No Trespassing since there was a fence with no sign.
+*[[2009-03-04 41 -90|2009-03-04]] - Genuflected to by an anonymous contributor.
-[[2009-03-04 41 -90]] - Genuflected to by an anonymous contributor.
-== Geohash Locations ==
-[[2010-12-23 41 -90]] - Near Interstate 74 in Bettendorf, IA.
-[[2009-08-24 41 -90]] - Near the corner of a field SW of Ward Ave and 160th St in [http://maps.google.com/?ll=41.508519,-90.848212 Pleasant Prairie, IA].
-[[2008-06-12 41 -90]] – Wooded area off Hobson Ave in the west end of [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.511084,-90.637121&spn=0.008034,0.026586 Davenport, IA].<BR>
-[[2008-06-11 41 -90]] -- The edge of a field just off Coon Hunters Road, on the north edge of [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Buffalo%2C%20IA&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl Buffalo, IA].<BR>
-[[2008-06-10 41 -90]] -- A grove of trees north of a field west of Acker Road and some railroad tracks, east of [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Fulton,+IL,+USA&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image Fulton, IL].
-[[2008-06-09 41 -90]] -- A field west of 2100 E and north of 2770 N,  northwest of [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Little+York,+IL,+USA&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image Little York, IL].
-[[2008-06-08 41 -90]] -- A field west of Knox Rd 1100 E and south of Knox Road 2350 North,  south of [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&um=1&resnum=1&q=Oneida,+IL,+USA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image Oneida, IL].
-[[2008-06-07 41 -90]] -- A field in between 1610th and 1680th St and north of 2400th Ave, northwest of [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&q=Geneseo,+IL,+USA&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image Geneseo, IL].
-[[2008-06-06 41 -90]] – A field east of 37th Ave north of 310th Street, northwest of [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Dixon,+IA,+USA&um=1&ie=UTF-8&resnum=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image Dixon, IA].
 == Geohashers ==
-* [[User:Loch|Loch]] – Actually from [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Boston Boston] but will be in the area to visit on Flag Day <!--(06-14-08)//-->
 * [[User:Cachengr|Cachengr]]
 * [[User:Zentiggr|Zentiggr]] - From Moline, IL

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