Difference between revisions of "London West, United Kingdom"
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== Saturday meet-up locations == | == Saturday meet-up locations == | ||
| − | * [[2008-05-24]] - Location: [http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.4002468981550087,-0.7227718731909889&z=17&q=51.4002468981550087,+-0.7227718731909889 51.4002468981550087°, -0.7227718731909889°] | + | * [[2008-05-24]] - Location: [http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.4002468981550087,-0.7227718731909889&z=17&q=51.4002468981550087,+-0.7227718731909889 51.4002468981550087°, -0.7227718731909889°] ([http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-23&lat=51&long=-1&zoom=9&abs=1 XKCD map]) |
The nearest town is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracknell Bracknell], a fairly large town near Reading. | The nearest town is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracknell Bracknell], a fairly large town near Reading. | ||
Revision as of 14:46, 23 May 2008
| Birmingham East | Northampton | Cambridge |
| Swindon | London West | London East |
| Southampton | - | - |
File:LondonWest.png
West London graticule
The graticule in London West contains the City, West End, and many western boroughs. It also extends as far as Slough and Reading to the west, Luton to the north, and Crawley to the south.
The graticule has boundaries from 52° to 51° latitude, and -1° to 0° longitude. When following the XKCD geohashing algorithm, append the fractional hash part to 51° latitude and -0° longitude. Note the use of negative zero.
Saturday meet-up locations
- 2008-05-24 - Location: 51.4002468981550087°, -0.7227718731909889° (XKCD map)
The nearest town is Bracknell, a fairly large town near Reading.
