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Welcome

Welcome to the Geohashing Community Wiki. Geohashing is a method for finding an effectively random location nearby and visiting it, i.e. a Spontaneous Adventure Generator. Geohashing was brought to you by the xkcd webcomic.

Every day, the algorithm generates a new set of coordinates for each 1°×1° latitude/longitude zone (known as a graticule) in the world. The coordinates can be anywhere -- in the forest, in a city, on a mountain, or even in the middle of a lake! Everyone in a given region gets the same set of coordinates relative to their graticule.

As such, these coordinates can be used as destinations for adventures, à la Geocaching, or for local meetups. After the fun, why not document your expedition? The rest of us would love to read your story, see your photos, and cheer your success (or commiserate with your failure). You can use this wiki to document the daily coordinates (geohashes) you’ve been to or tried to reach.

Disclaimer: When any coordinates generated by the Geohashing algorithm fall within a dangerous area, are inaccessible, or would require illegal trespass, DO NOT attempt to reach them. Please research each potential location before attempting to access it. You are expected to use proper judgment in all cases and are solely responsible for your own actions. See more guidelines.

Official xkcd meetups

Felix Dance, Mdixon4, Rhonda, Lachie and Stevage meet up at the 28 December 2015 (a Monday) coordinates for Bairnsdale, VIC, Australia.

Based on the title text from the comic that established geohashing, the "official" meetup day was interpreted as being Saturday; that is, the day one would have the best chance of meeting others -- see also Mouseover Day. Additionally it was decided through convention that a good meeting time would be 16:00 local time (4:00 P.M.)¹

However, neither of these are hard rules, and they were formulated at a very different early stage in the sport's history. Nowadays and for quite awhile actually, any date or time can be good (or bad, depending on how many other hashers are near you) for meeting up, especially if prearranged. Note that this only applies to that day’s normal local geohash or globalhash coordinates, if you try to go to an alternate location without telling anyone else, it's highly unlikely you'd meet up with a hasher there (obviously).

¹Or earlier if that would be too close to sunset during the winter, or other quirks of temporal tradition; see your local graticule page for consensus there.

Getting started
Server Time: Wednesday 18 December 2024, 04:23 UTC (Tuesday, 23:23 EST) – Refresh this page
Learn more How to geohash: Beginner's guide - start here Guidelines to follow Frequently asked questions Map applications that may help you get there Geohashing guides on various topics Other people's expeditions: geohashing.win - browse all expeditions on a map Hall of Amazingness Maps and statistics Get involved Find a geohash using a coordinate calculator Find others in your local area Chat on Discord or IRC #geohashing chat on slashnet (web interface) Create your user page and become a part of the community!
Coordinates
The coordinates for the next Saturday meetups, scheduled for 21 December 2024, will be based on the Dow’s opening price published at 09:30 EST (14:30 UTC) on Friday 20 December. See timeanddate.com to convert this time to your local time zone. Coordinates: Wed 18 Dec* \| Tue 17 Dec \| Mon 16 Dec \| Sun 15 Dec \| Sat 14 Dec \| Fri 13 Dec \| Thu 12 Dec \| Wed 11 Dec * Only known for regions east of 30W longitude. Coordinates for regions to the west announced 14:30 UTC, 18 December. View expedition archives for: December 2024 \| November 2024 \| October 2024 \| More... Refresh the cache

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-[[Image:Coordinates.png|right|240 px|[[The Algorithm]], as shown in [[xkcd]] [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426].]]
-[[xkcd]] [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426], published on 21 May 2008, contains an [[algorithm]] that generates random coordinates around the world every day.  Everyone in a given [[Graticule|region]] gets the same set of coordinates.  As such, these coordinates can be used as destinations for adventures, ''à la'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching Geocaching], or for local meetups.
-For a little more interactive discussion, consider joining [irc://irc.foonetic.net/geohashing the #geohashing IRC channel] on Foonetic.
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-Every day, the [[algorithm]] generates a new set of coordinates for each 1°×1° latitude/longitude zone (known as a [[graticule]]) in the world.  They are randomly placed -- they could be in the forest, in a city, on a mountain, or even in the middle of a lake!  You can use this wiki to document the daily coordinates (geohashes) you've been to.
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-When visiting geohash locations, please [[geotrashing|respect the area]] you are visiting.  Absolutely do not litter or otherwise disturb the natural integrity of the area.  However, if possible, creating some kind of a marker out of nearby materials (i.e. cairn of stones, blair-witch-style 'stick figures', etc.) is encouraged.
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-|style="color:#000;"| Want to find geohashers in your local area?  See [[:Category:Active Graticules]] for a list of graticules with active users in them.
-* Don't see your home area?  Follow the format and create a page for it!  We'd love to have you!
-* An interactive map is available for [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/data/graticule.kml Google Earth] or on [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Firc.peeron.com%2Fxkcd%2Fmap%2Fdata%2Fgraticule.kml&ie=UTF8&ll=42.811522,-71.773682&spn=6.051885,9.733887&z=7 Google Maps].
-* You can also attach your photos to this [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=102381707694098607871.00044e6104ed42cdc2ff4 Google Maps layer].
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