Difference between revisions of "Cape Town, South Africa"

Latest revision as of 17:31, 27 January 2021

Cape Town is covered by two graticules:

The northern graticule covers the city better than the southern one. However the southern one would result in more picturesque sea-side trips. Water Geohashes are quite likely.

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-{{graticule
-   | lat= -34
-   | lon= 18
-   | nw = [[Saldanha, South Africa|Saldanha]]
-   | n  = [[Cape Town (North), South Africa|Cape Town (North)]]
-   | ne = [[Worcester, South Africa|Worcester]]
-   | w  = [[-34,17]]
-   | name = [[Cape Town (South), South Africa|Cape Town (South)]]
-   | e  = [[Caledon, South Africa|Caledon]]
-   | sw = [[-35,17]]
-   | s  = [[-35,18]]
-   | se = [[-35,19]]
-}}
-{{graticule
-   | lat= -34
-   | lon= 18
-   | nw =
-   | n  = [[Cape Town (North), South Africa|Cape Town (North)]]
-   | ne = [[Worcester, South Africa|Worcester]]
-   | name = [[Cape Town (South), South Africa|Cape Town (South)]]
-   | e  = [[Caledon, South Africa|Caledon]]
-   | s  =
-   | se =
-}}
-For Cape Town, the [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=-33&long=18&zoom=9 (-33, 18)] graticule covers the city better than [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=-34&long=18&zoom=9 (-34, 18)]. However -34 would result in more picturesque sea-side trips. [[Water Geohash|Water Geohashes]] are quite likely.
 [[Image:Cape Town CBD TblMnt.jpg|500px]]
-==Upcoming Meets==
+Cape Town is covered by two graticules:
-== Activities ==
-== Notable Events ==
-* 2009-10-25 - First [[2009-10-25 -33 18|successful expedition]] in [[-33,18]] graticule. This also looks like the first expedition in [[:Category:South_Africa|South Africa]] and [[:Category:Africa|Africa]].
-== Local Geohashers ==
-* [[User:Warpeddragon|Dave (WarpedDragon)]]
-== Geohashes Reached ==
+*[[-33,18]]: [[Cape Town (North), South Africa]]
-*[[2009-10-25 -33 18|2009-10-25]] - [[User:Warpeddragon|WarpedDragon]] and a friend went on their first GeoHash
+*[[-34,18]]: [[Cape Town (South), South Africa]]
+The northern graticule covers the city better than the southern one. However the southern one would result in more picturesque sea-side trips. [[Water Geohash|Water Geohashes]] are quite likely.
-[[Category:South Africa]]
-[[Category:Active graticules]]
 [[Category:Split cities]]