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I work in Providence, and this location seems fairly accessible for a quick jaunt after work. | I work in Providence, and this location seems fairly accessible for a quick jaunt after work. | ||
As it happens, my great-great-great-grandfather Zacharias Wennerbäck built his home in RI a block north on Ocean Street after immigrating [illegally] from Sweden in 1837. | As it happens, my great-great-great-grandfather Zacharias Wennerbäck built his home in RI a block north on Ocean Street after immigrating [illegally] from Sweden in 1837. | ||
| − | Since the GPS accuracy was much lower in the 1800's, I'm tempted to claim this as ancestral | + | Since the GPS accuracy was much lower in the 1800's, I'm tempted to claim this as ancestral deja-vu-hash, and maybe even couch potato. |
== Expedition == | == Expedition == | ||
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| + | I found my way to the parking lot, and did the geohash dance until I got pretty close - and a woman came out of the school building and asked me to leave, saying it was private property. I said I thought it was a public school, just wanted to take a picture, and waved my "I'm from the internet poster" - this did not satisfy her - apparently it was a day care center and they had some reason to be concerned about strange men from the internet. I left quietly, and snapped a single photo through the parking lot fence. The hash was under the pine tree on the left. Then I drove a block north to where my great-great-great-grandfather Zacharias Wennerbäck had built his first home in the new world. I introduced myself to a neighbor watering his garden so I wouldn't seem TOO suspicious, and was soon offered a cold cerveza and encouraged to come back anytime. Since Zacharias and his sons built several houses in this neighborhood over the 50 years he lived here, I'm claiming ancestral deja-vu-geohash. The accidental meetups keep getting better! | ||
== Tracklog == | == Tracklog == | ||
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| + | Handy online calculator http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html | ||
| + | tells me I was off by 2.756 meters. | ||
== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
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| + | Image:2018.08.07 - iphone screenshot.png | pretty damn close | ||
| + | Image:2018.08.07b - geohash under tree at left.jpg | a parting shot | ||
| + | Image:2018.08.07 - 224 Ocean Street 01.jpg | ancestral home nearby | ||
| + | Image:Ocean St house from Svenskarna i RI.jpg | ancestral home in 1930 | ||
| + | Image:Zacharias Peterson -Svenskarna i RI-.png | ancestral foolish grin™ | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:38, 16 May 2020
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Location
The edge of a parking lot at a public school complex off Ocean Street, Providence, RI, USA
Participants
Plans
I work in Providence, and this location seems fairly accessible for a quick jaunt after work. As it happens, my great-great-great-grandfather Zacharias Wennerbäck built his home in RI a block north on Ocean Street after immigrating [illegally] from Sweden in 1837. Since the GPS accuracy was much lower in the 1800's, I'm tempted to claim this as ancestral deja-vu-hash, and maybe even couch potato.
Expedition
I found my way to the parking lot, and did the geohash dance until I got pretty close - and a woman came out of the school building and asked me to leave, saying it was private property. I said I thought it was a public school, just wanted to take a picture, and waved my "I'm from the internet poster" - this did not satisfy her - apparently it was a day care center and they had some reason to be concerned about strange men from the internet. I left quietly, and snapped a single photo through the parking lot fence. The hash was under the pine tree on the left. Then I drove a block north to where my great-great-great-grandfather Zacharias Wennerbäck had built his first home in the new world. I introduced myself to a neighbor watering his garden so I wouldn't seem TOO suspicious, and was soon offered a cold cerveza and encouraged to come back anytime. Since Zacharias and his sons built several houses in this neighborhood over the 50 years he lived here, I'm claiming ancestral deja-vu-geohash. The accidental meetups keep getting better!
Tracklog
Handy online calculator http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html tells me I was off by 2.756 meters.
Photos
pretty damn close
a parting shot
ancestral home nearby
ancestral home in 1930
ancestral foolish grin™
Achievements
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Vbob (talk) earned the Ancestral Deja-Vu Hash
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