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== All graticules devolution ==
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== New interactive map (Geco) ==
  
I noticed that ReletBot hasn't created any new grat pages in a while. Is it still looking in [[All_Graticules]] for changes (as opposed to the new subpages, e.g. [[All graticules/Eurasia]])? Or is it just not feeling well? --[[User:Starbird|starbird]] 20:35, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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I love it! I didn't know about the commercial flight earlier this month until I saw the highlighted grat way out over the Atlantic on your map. By the way, how are you counting geohashers? The map says there were 22 for [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]. -- [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] 12:06, 27 March 2012 (EDT)
:It should be looking at the subpages only. But I will check if it is up and running. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 20:38, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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:It's a fuzzy logic estimate from parsing the expedition reports, the same that apr uses for the [[Geohashing:Current events|Current events]] page and I used for the [[Narrative chart]]. Ideally, any unique name having participated in any expedition in that graticule is counted. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 12:08, 27 March 2012 (EDT)
:Thanks. It had indeed stopped working a while ago. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 21:23, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 
  
== Thanks for the Ribbon... ==
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That. Is. Awesome. <br/>[[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] 17:46, 3 April 2012 (EDT)
  
Is there a Second and Third place winner? --[[User:NWoodruff|NWoodruff]] 23:16, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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:Hey - thank you! -- [[User:relet|relet]] 18:29, 3 April 2012 (EDT)
:As if there could be a second Atlanta. ;) -- [[User:relet|relet]] 23:21, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 
  
just upgraded the hash page...
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Hi relet, can you tell me how I should structure geohash pages to maximise the chance of all the participants being included on your map?  Originally I thought that just linking people would do it, but [[2012-06-10_-37_145]] tells me "no registered wiki users were recognized as participants." <br/>[[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] 00:57, 21 June 2012 (EDT)
  
== Shmulik's taste in music ==
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:Hmm, did you change the page recently? It seems to have picked up all four of you by now. It parses the expedition pages for the last two months every night (CET), and everything else once a month. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 03:31, 21 June 2012 (EDT)
...is excellent (so far, with the statistics being at n=1) - [[User:Danatar|Danatar]] 20:57, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 
: :D Thank you! -- [[User:relet|relet]] 21:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 
  
== Saturday hashes ==
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::Yeah, you're right.  I did fiddle with it a little, by just moving the names around a bit.  Here's another example that doesn't work - can you shed some light on this: [[2011-12-27 -36 149]]?  I've mentioned Talex a few times in there, does it need to be in a certain format? --[[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] 19:00, 21 June 2012 (EDT)
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:::I think it just hasn't updated since your edit, but I'm not certain. The name had been given in the old version too, so I might have made a mistake in identifying the categories. I'll look into that. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 04:42, 22 June 2012 (EDT)
  
'xcuse me, but i count only 19 such items (assuming your bolds are correct), not 29: 9 in 2008, 9 in 2009, and 1 in 2010. Where's the mismatch? ;-) -- [[User:CrystyB|CrystyB]] 15:48, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
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Halloo, relet. Is today a good time to figure out why the Geco won't pick up the expeditions from my page? [http://relet.net/geco/stats.html?follow=Thomcat&lat=47.7057&lon=-122.3691&zoom=6] shows one trip to Germany instead of two (or three, if you add the non successful one); misses at least two of my Washington expeditions (16th and 17th down from the top). In other words, the ones it chose seem to have no pattern, and I can't help you debug more than that. Looking to have all 96 graphically represented. Ideas? --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 11:05, 24 July 2012 (EDT)
:Hey. Bold items are the more interesting expeditions, not the saturdays. I started this before I realized that Saturdays are more important for some. :) -- [[User:relet|relet]] 15:55, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 
::Oh, i see. Too bad there's no mention about this particular meaning of the boldiness...
 
::Anyway, shall we design a way to mark those which were on Saturdays? It would help the [[Xkcd centurion achievement#Candidates|Xkcd centurion achievement]] page. <small>Also, in case you don't want to bother, would you mind my editing your archives to address this?</small> -- [[User:CrystyB|CrystyB]] 16:23, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 
:::No, go ahead. If you find a nice icon to represent Saturdays, you could just prepend it... or affix it... or something. :) -- [[User:relet|relet]] 18:17, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 
::::I was thinking of a (searchable) text-only mark (like "(Sat)" near the date), but i've seen other use [[Image:Centurion.png|35px|Saturday meetup]], considering that [[Image:Meetup.PNG|28px]] might not apply to some expeditions. I could add both text and image, if that's ok. -- [[User:CrystyB|CrystyB]] 20:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 
:::::I'd prefer something not too wide, please. :) I use some small screens. One icon, or maybe a text, but not both. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 21:15, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 
::::::Are those icon sizes acceptable? How about an asterisk or percent sign, ''and'' icon? -- [[User:CrystyB|CrystyB]] 21:40, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 
:::::::I have my icons in 24px usually. Asterisks are good I guess. And if you happen to find that I have had 13 weekend hashes out of 52 in the graticule 52,13, that must be a sign of sorts. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 16:30, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 
  
== Thanks for the welcome :) ==
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:Hi. I checked and didn't find the reports in my database yet. The full update (for expeditions older than two months) only runs once a month, and it seems the report is more recent than that. I'm running it now and will check if it works then. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 04:53, 25 July 2012 (EDT)
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:The scheduled job also got confused by a recursive category apparently. Anyway, it's running now. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 05:08, 25 July 2012 (EDT)
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::Looks much better - now I have two German attempts out of three. I haven't counted the points to see if all my geohashes are covered. At least one is not - [[2009-02-22 51 10]]. Definitely older than two months ;) --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 12:30, 30 July 2012 (EDT) Thought it might be related to the participants line having more than just a user name - a number of the Seattle expeditions have "no registered wiki users were recognized as participants" even though I was there. Some failed, some successes. A clue perhaps? See [[2008-10-13 47 -121]] or [[2008-10-12 47 -120]] for examples. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 12:47, 30 July 2012 (EDT)
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:::Yup, it's definitely the single line. That's a pretty big fail for the semi-smart participant detection, but I'm taking the easy route now and will change the page instead of the algorithm. We should hear with [[User:aperfectring|aperfectring]] if he has the same issue with the aperfectbot. (doesn't look like it, as the list on [[2009-02-22]] is almost complete.)
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:::As I don't have any clue why the other two are not picked up, I might just go ahead and fix that issue anyway. Thank you for helping me with debugging, and sorry for being a bit slow in doing that. :) -- [[User:relet|relet]] 03:05, 31 July 2012 (EDT)
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:::It seems that the database still hasn't picked up the latest version of the report (which lists you as a participant). I'll have to crawl again, and this time supervise it. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 03:07, 31 July 2012 (EDT)
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:::Ha, found the issue. Crawling now, might take a day to see updates, probably less for the expeditions in 2008. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 03:09, 31 July 2012 (EDT)
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:::I think we're good now. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 10:43, 31 July 2012 (EDT)
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::::You think correctly! Using the totals from your tool I found where I was off by one in two different directions. Thanks! --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 12:21, 31 July 2012 (EDT)
  
Hi Relet, thanks for your welcome!
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<div id="userignorecomplain">The statistics tool seems to have problems recently to attribute a lot of expeditions to their participants. More specificially, a set of users (including [http://relet.net/geco/stats.html?follow=NWoodruff NWoodruff] and [http://relet.net/geco/stats.html?follow=Calamus myself]) will not be mentioned in the participant lists of their expeditions, often leaving them empty. Following isn't possible either, so I guess they're not in the base at all. Any ideas why that could be? --[[User:Calamus|Calamus]] ([[User talk:Calamus|talk]]) 14:40, 24 February 2013 (EST)</div>
  
I didn't know you could just fill the continental All Graticules list and let the bot do the hard work of creating the pages, so thanks for the tip, it will save me a lot of work :)
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== Japan ==
I'll move the map to the proper page once it's finished.
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Relet!! I know you because I copy-pasted my user page from Juja, who copy-pasted it from you. I was checking that great interactive map and saw you've geohashed in the Tokyo area in the last 30 days!! I suddenly feel less alone in this new and faraway country... Geohashing is on my list of things to do before I leave in 2 months! Enjoy your stay in Japan! [[User:Lizwiz|Lizwiz]] 21:45, 5 October 2012 (EDT)
  
I'll write some reports eventually, when I manage to unstick myself from my computer chair and actually go geohashing :) --[[User:Ivan|Ivan]] 20:56, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
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== New version of the centicle selector ==
  
== You survived MÉXICO THE RIDE!! ==
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I've made a new version of the centicle selector, now with graticle switching capabilities: http://jsbin.com/equvix/latest . You should probably update your hosted version. [[User:JesseW|JesseW]] 00:49, 15 May 2012 (EDT)
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:Sorry, bad link: try this: http://jsbin.com/equvix/19?lat=32&lng=-117
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:ping. [[User:JesseW|JesseW]] 02:03, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
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:pong. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 01:57, 29 May 2012 (EDT)
  
dude, why did you went to Tecámac!!!
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== Hosting for a the ambassador flyer in .doc (and .pdf) formats? ==
  
nice you accomplished a geohash here in México and that you survived going all the way down there in a "colectivo" without being robbed (let's be honest, that region of the valley isnt a good place to be roaming around).
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Danatar sent me the Ambassador flyer in .doc format, which I can't upload to the wiki. Could you host it? [[User:JesseW|JesseW]] 03:08, 1 June 2012 (EDT)
  
dude, hope you come sometime soon and do a Geohash then.
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== User Page ==
  
Saludos desde México --[[User:Cid|Cid]]
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Hello relet! I stumbled upon your astonishingly official-looking page! Would you mind me using it as a template for my own page?
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:Be my guest! -- [[User:relet|relet]] 01:18, 31 August 2012 (EDT)
  
== Forthcoming epic battle ==
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== /follow broken? ==
  
The battle lines have been drawn. Prepare to defend yourself! --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 19:52, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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I was just told to update the Graph, which takes some of its data from your nice /geo/follow/<user>. Currently, /follow isn't returning any expeditions for about 400 of the 450 users listed on the [[Meetup_Graph]] page. Are you going to fix /follow, or should I go back to generating a less rich graph until I can find a way to get the data myself? --[[User:Hijackal|Hijackal]] ([[User talk:Hijackal|talk]]) 04:36, 26 February 2013 (EST)
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:I already [[#userignorecomplain|reported this]].
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:The behaviour changed only a few days ago. I'd suggest waiting for a fix for some time. The bubble size of the graph is the most comfortable way to find out whom to pray to, would be a shame if it wasn't there anymore.
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:It's too bad this great tool isn't open source. --[[User:Calamus|Calamus]] ([[User talk:Calamus|talk]]) 04:55, 26 February 2013 (EST)
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::Shoot, I forgot to put this in the geohashing toolshed. I will look into the issue and push the changes to the repository. Sorry, I haven't been logged in here for a while (and will be traveling for two more weeks now). -- [[User:relet|relet]] 15:58, 19 March 2013 (EDT)
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::I'm running the monthly (full) update right now, and maybe that fixes things. If not, I'll have to have a look after Easter. (sorry) -- [[User:relet|relet]] 16:15, 19 March 2013 (EDT)
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::FYI: https://github.com/relet/pygeohashing/tree/master/ws
  
== Grat page "standard format" ==
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== relet.net expired? ==
  
I just noticed ReletBot [http://wiki.xkcd.com/wgh/index.php?title=T%C3%A2rgovi%C5%9Fte,_Romania&diff=next&oldid=204324 forced] one of my edits into the "standard format". Do all grat pages really need to conform to such a format? I believe the extra data i had added in there would've been useful for lazy people (like me), who can't be bothered to reason out the coords of adjacent grats... -- [[User:CrystyB|CrystyB]] 12:51, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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Hello, looks like something is wrong with relet.net... Best regards, --[[User:Crox|Crox]] ([[User talk:Crox|talk]]) 15:21, 11 March 2013 (EDT)
:If you don't want any bots editing your pages, you can add [[Template:Maintained]] to them. The bot will be kind enough to skip over them :) --[[User:Meghan|Meghan]] 15:17, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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:Fixed, thanks. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 15:58, 19 March 2013 (EDT)
  
== I smell adventure! ==
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== Padova ==
  
Any particular reasons why you put User:LadyDeathstrike into Category:Needs attention? *nudge nudge* :D -- [[User:relet|relet]] 22:04, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, and thanks for the heads up! Unluckily, I won't be able to be geohashing tomorrow as I already have plans for the day... it would be very hard for me to get there anyways, as I don't have a driver license yet and I can only move around by public transport. I'm sorry I won't be able to join your adventure! Hope you have fun! [[User:Werther|Werther]] ([[User talk:Werther|talk]]) 18:17, 22 March 2013 (EDT)
:There's an expedition on that page to move to its own.  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 22:37, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 
::It has been moved. <s>You can find it in the same Needs attention category</s> Scratch that. I took care of it :) --[[User:Meghan|Meghan]] 22:40, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 
  
== Regional Geohash Maps ==
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== relet.net down ==
  
Hi Relet,
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FYI: My server just suffered from maintenantitis. I'm not sure when I can get it up again. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 04:19, 3 April 2013 (EDT)
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:perl -e "print'n'.'o'x100" - [[User:Mampfred|Mampfred]] ([[User talk:Mampfred|talk]]) 05:18, 3 April 2013 (EDT)
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:Still suffering some metamorphosis illnesses, but ReletBot is now running correctly again (sorry for the mess), and building the databases. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 03:34, 9 April 2013 (EDT)
  
On the [[Georgia]] page, your comment for one of the edits was, "I don't really see the point of making these, when we have [http://dawidi.dyndns.org/geohashing/ExpeditionGraticules/], but still." I just wanted to throw my two cents in: I think the maps are less for showing which graticles are virgin, and more for [[Regional geohashing achievement|regional geohashing]]. That, at least, is the root of some of the early maps of European countries. The virgin/non-virgin coloring is then just added information on the map. It may also be possible that newcomers to the wiki might search for their home state (in the U.S.) and use the map to find their home graticule. Maybe more than anything, I just enjoy making them and I only have three left to do, so I'll just finish the 50 U.S. states. --[[User:dvdllr|Dvdllr]] 15:11, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
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== Jason Service Interuption? ==
:I see. That makes much more sense for me now. Thanks for pointing that out. :) I created the original map of [[Germany]] to see how much coverage we have achieved - IIRC before dawidi wrote his tool. Re: Cosmetic changes in [[Georgia]] - In the graticule templates we had eventually settled on giving the full name of graticules named after places in neighbouring countries (or US/CA/AUS states). That's why I left them written in full in the map of Georgia.. but then I realize that we haven't done that in any of the other regional/country maps. Yay for consistency! -- [[User:relet|relet]] 16:01, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 
  
== Langøyene ==
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Your http://relet.net/geo Jason service appears to be down (currently returning minimal html page showing only "vork in progress").  Any idea when vork will be complete?  The iOS app I just got apparently relies on the good will of your service :P
  
Ich bin leider nicht mehr in Oslo, sondern seit letztem November in Kalifornien. Sonst wäre ich auf jeden Fall dabei. Was treibt denn Dich wieder nach Oslo, bist du da jetzt permanent?
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== relet.net is down ==
  
* Das klingt ja lustig, da bist du sicher nicht der einzige Geocacher :-) Ich arbeite jetzt bei IMVU, einem Startup in Silicon Valley, das nur tangentiell etwas mit Spielen zu tun hat. Ist auch schön, aber ich vermisse Norwegen regelmäßig, und komme sicher irgendwann zurück.
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Hello! Something appears to be wrong with your site; the IRC client, geohashing browser and other features all return a minimal html error message. Hope you can get it fixed soon, just thought I'd let you know the relet.net services still aren't functioning on my end.
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:'Twasn't me who posted the above, but I did notice that the same issue was up a year ago. Beware the Ides of March!  And yes, relet.net is "not available" according to my browser error. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 00:25, 17 March 2014 (EDT)
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::Any chance of getting this up and working again? -[[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] ([[User talk:Haberdasher|talk]]) 12:53, 4 July 2014 (EDT)
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:::I might have a chance when I'm in my office again in August, but I prefer not to make promises. The server is in a vegetative state, and there hasn't been much idle time lately. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 13:34, 6 July 2014 (EDT)
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::::Any update? -[[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] ([[User talk:Haberdasher|talk]]) 21:59, 10 October 2014 (EDT)
  
== Calendar girl links ==
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== ReletBot ==
  
Just found that none of the links to relet.net on the Calendar Girls achievement page are working?
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I was looking at the "wanted pages" page, and has a question about ReletBot. Does it still new graticule pages if someone edits All_Graticules/<continent>? Does it also make a redirect for the lat,lon links? Or does it hunt down all the neighbors and update the crosslinks? -- [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] ([[User talk:Jevanyn|talk]]) 09:32, 10 January 2014 (EST)
  
== Link to the IRC client gives a 404? ==
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== Congratulations?!? ==
  
Hey there, noticed that the link on the main page to the IRC web-client ([http://relet.net/data/geo/randomnick.php]) has been giving a 404 for a while now. Could you have a look at that otherwise we should probably remove the link ... cheers - [[User:Mampfred|Mampfred]] 06:52, 16 January 2011 (EST)
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If we're interpreting your recent wiki edits correctly then congratulations are in order? Yay for hash-familiy additions and looking forward to the expedition report tomorrow possibly with the first family photos :D - [[User:LadyBB|LadyBB]], [[User:EmmJay|EmmJay]] and [[User:Mampfred|Mampfred]] ([[User talk:Mampfred|talk]]) 10:07, 6 April 2014 (EDT)
:Should be fixed in the meantime. Server has been down for a good while. Thanks for the notice! -- [[User:relet|relet]] 17:54, 20 January 2011 (EST)
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:Heh, Linnea says thank you. She is seven months now, just her father has been a terribly lazy geohasher. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 12:23, 6 April 2014 (EDT)
  
== Is ReletBot DEAD????? ==
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== Are you going for the Norwegian globalhash tomorrow (2014-07-19)? ==
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It is just south of the Sognefjord, and very close to a road... rather far from Oslo though I suppose... -- [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] ([[User talk:OtherJack|talk]]) 15:04, 18 July 2014 (EDT)
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:Thank you for the notification. No, I didn't. Incidentally, I am going to that area for the next week, but such is the nature of geohashing. :P -- [[User:relet|relet]] 04:09, 23 July 2014 (EDT)
  
He hasn't made a page in quite some time, I'm worrying. Maybe you have overworked him and he died due to lack of sleep mode? Or has he not been oiled? Or is he just taking a long nap? I'm pretty sure he is the closest thing to a friend any robot has ever been, so I worry! --[[User:Hewhoamareismyself|Hewhoamareismyself]] 21:29, 22 January 2011 (EST)
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== The helpful centicule map tool ==
:Sorry, I didn't know you know each other so well. He is in the process of moving, and usually operates whenever he's needed. I'll make sure he pops around some time soon. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 02:52, 24 January 2011 (EST)
 
  
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Hello Relet!
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I'm trying to work out what centicules I want to get emails for, and this page [[User:Aperfectring/Notification#Current Implementation]] suggests that I try this helpful map tool http://relet.net/geco/centicules.html?lat=45&lng=-122
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... but unfortunately that helpful map tool just says "vork in progress".
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I don't suppose you happen to know whether this helpful map tool will be working again any time soon? Or if there's some other easy way to get a map of my home graticules (-34, 138 and -35, 138) with their centicules?
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With many thanks,
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      Brendan.  (User:BrendanTWhite)
  
Also something I just found, a while ago he named a graticule in Brazil (Indian Ocean) if I had time right now I would fix it, but I don't. --[[User:Hewhoamareismyself|Hewhoamareismyself]] 22:02, 27 January 2011 (EST)
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Actually, never mind - I found this one. http://jsbin.com/equvix/latest
  
== 2012 geohashing calendar ==
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== Shoutout from [[2021-02-23_50_8]] ==
  
You are in the [[:File:2010-11-14-52-13-R1061719.JPG|November winning picture]] of the [[2012 calendar]]. Could you please confirm that you are okay with being published in print and being hung up on our walls? ;) --[[User:HiroProtagonist|HiroProtagonist]] 13:25, 1 March 2011 (EST)
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Hey relet, hope you are well? On our way to [[2021-02-23_50_8]] my phone actually alerted me that you (or someone using your old mobile number?) joined Telegram. I found that quite a spooky coincidence considering that we don't go hashing too often these days so I thought I say hi. So. Hi! :) - [[User:Mampfred|Mampfred]] ([[User talk:Mampfred|talk]]) 10:28, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
:Oh noes! Not again! -- [[User:relet|relet]] (go ahead!) 20:02, 1 March 2011 (EST)
 
 
 
== Polylux ==
 
 
 
I just happened to goole a podcast of your Polylux appearance on telly (http://www.polylog.tv/videothek/videocast/15824/), didn't know about that (and a lot of people here probably don't), very nice indeed :) - [[User:Mampfred|Mampfred]] 03:51, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
 
:Thanks! Yup, that was [[2008-09-29_52_12]]. Didn't we have a media/press section somewhere? Well, at least it's in the Hall of Amazingness. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 04:04, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
 
::Could be more prominent I guess. And no tv coverage since then, what a shame ... - [[User:Mampfred|Mampfred]] 04:07, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
 
:::I guess we could add this somewhere: [[File:200809295212-P1020201.JPG|link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3xvtyRlCo0|150px]] - Unfortunately mediawiki is b0rken beyond repair, and does not allow to both add an image caption in "thumb" mode ''and'' link to an external page at the same time, or we could add a caption. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 09:05, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
 
::::Not sure what you mean. Like that? [[Image:200809295212-P1020201.JPG|thumb|none|link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3xvtyRlCo0|Linkage to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3xvtyRlCo0 the link]]] Only problem is that it doesn't work inline ... - [[User:Mampfred|Mampfred]] 09:19, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
 
::::Ah I see, external link from the picture itself and a caption ... doesn't work, u win - [[User:Mampfred|Mampfred]] 09:21, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
 
:::::No, we all lose. :P But yeah, that's what I meant. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 09:49, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
 
 
 
== When? ==
 
 
 
Awesome!  Best way to communicate your intentions to Vancouver is to create a section on the Talk page under the dates you'll be here. I don't think most people monitor the main page. It's pretty static and not a place we use for chat. We've had the worst summer ever, so it's rainy and miserable and we're not gettingout hiking, biking and kayaking, but they keep saying we might get summer later, so give it a try. - RObyn
 
 
 
== Geco ==
 
 
 
Is this your implementation, or are you only hosting it?  --[[User:Juventas|Juventas]] 16:13, 30 December 2011 (EST)
 
:Both. Any feedback is welcome! :) -- [[User:relet|relet]] 17:06, 30 December 2011 (EST)
 
::Your implementation looks great, and the method for changing dates is much more intuitive.  Unfortunately OpenStreetMaps doesn't seem to have any data for undeveloped areas around here (50km radius of the colour beige isn't very helpful).  While Google Maps often doesn't have every road either, I can still rely on satellite imagery and contour lines.  On a different topic, the date parameter always brings me to the previous day (e.g. http://relet.net/geco/?date=2005-05-26&lat=37&lon=-122&zoom=8 goes to the 25th).  --[[User:Juventas|Juventas]] 21:41, 3 January 2012 (EST)
 
:::Yes, I will add a google (or bing) layer as soon as it becomes available in the library I am using. The two maps are kind of tricky to get if you are not using their API or the one from OpenLayers who manages to interface.
 
:::The date issue is weird... your link goes to the 26th for me. I have to check that, thanks for the notice! -- [[User:relet|relet]] 03:38, 4 January 2012 (EST)
 
::::I tried it in a different browser, same problem.  So I investigated a little further and discovered if I changed my system's timezone to say +01:00 it fixed the problem, back to -08:00 and the problem returns.  --[[User:Juventas|Juventas]] 21:40, 4 January 2012 (EST)
 
:::::Could you check if it's fixed now? Apparently the date would be parsed as UTC, which is the day before if you look at it from your side. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 08:35, 9 January 2012 (EST)
 

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New interactive map (Geco)

I love it! I didn't know about the commercial flight earlier this month until I saw the highlighted grat way out over the Atlantic on your map. By the way, how are you counting geohashers? The map says there were 22 for Newark. -- Jevanyn 12:06, 27 March 2012 (EDT)

It's a fuzzy logic estimate from parsing the expedition reports, the same that apr uses for the Current events page and I used for the Narrative chart. Ideally, any unique name having participated in any expedition in that graticule is counted. -- relet 12:08, 27 March 2012 (EDT)

That. Is. Awesome.
Felix Dance 17:46, 3 April 2012 (EDT)

Hey - thank you! -- relet 18:29, 3 April 2012 (EDT)

Hi relet, can you tell me how I should structure geohash pages to maximise the chance of all the participants being included on your map? Originally I thought that just linking people would do it, but 2012-06-10_-37_145 tells me "no registered wiki users were recognized as participants."
Felix Dance 00:57, 21 June 2012 (EDT)

Hmm, did you change the page recently? It seems to have picked up all four of you by now. It parses the expedition pages for the last two months every night (CET), and everything else once a month. -- relet 03:31, 21 June 2012 (EDT)
Yeah, you're right. I did fiddle with it a little, by just moving the names around a bit. Here's another example that doesn't work - can you shed some light on this: 2011-12-27 -36 149? I've mentioned Talex a few times in there, does it need to be in a certain format? --Felix Dance 19:00, 21 June 2012 (EDT)
I think it just hasn't updated since your edit, but I'm not certain. The name had been given in the old version too, so I might have made a mistake in identifying the categories. I'll look into that. -- relet 04:42, 22 June 2012 (EDT)

Halloo, relet. Is today a good time to figure out why the Geco won't pick up the expeditions from my page? [1] shows one trip to Germany instead of two (or three, if you add the non successful one); misses at least two of my Washington expeditions (16th and 17th down from the top). In other words, the ones it chose seem to have no pattern, and I can't help you debug more than that. Looking to have all 96 graphically represented. Ideas? --Thomcat 11:05, 24 July 2012 (EDT)

Hi. I checked and didn't find the reports in my database yet. The full update (for expeditions older than two months) only runs once a month, and it seems the report is more recent than that. I'm running it now and will check if it works then. -- relet 04:53, 25 July 2012 (EDT)
The scheduled job also got confused by a recursive category apparently. Anyway, it's running now. -- relet 05:08, 25 July 2012 (EDT)
Looks much better - now I have two German attempts out of three. I haven't counted the points to see if all my geohashes are covered. At least one is not - 2009-02-22 51 10. Definitely older than two months ;) --Thomcat 12:30, 30 July 2012 (EDT) Thought it might be related to the participants line having more than just a user name - a number of the Seattle expeditions have "no registered wiki users were recognized as participants" even though I was there. Some failed, some successes. A clue perhaps? See 2008-10-13 47 -121 or 2008-10-12 47 -120 for examples. --Thomcat 12:47, 30 July 2012 (EDT)
Yup, it's definitely the single line. That's a pretty big fail for the semi-smart participant detection, but I'm taking the easy route now and will change the page instead of the algorithm. We should hear with aperfectring if he has the same issue with the aperfectbot. (doesn't look like it, as the list on 2009-02-22 is almost complete.)
As I don't have any clue why the other two are not picked up, I might just go ahead and fix that issue anyway. Thank you for helping me with debugging, and sorry for being a bit slow in doing that. :) -- relet 03:05, 31 July 2012 (EDT)
It seems that the database still hasn't picked up the latest version of the report (which lists you as a participant). I'll have to crawl again, and this time supervise it. -- relet 03:07, 31 July 2012 (EDT)
Ha, found the issue. Crawling now, might take a day to see updates, probably less for the expeditions in 2008. -- relet 03:09, 31 July 2012 (EDT)
I think we're good now. -- relet 10:43, 31 July 2012 (EDT)
You think correctly! Using the totals from your tool I found where I was off by one in two different directions. Thanks! --Thomcat 12:21, 31 July 2012 (EDT)
The statistics tool seems to have problems recently to attribute a lot of expeditions to their participants. More specificially, a set of users (including NWoodruff and myself) will not be mentioned in the participant lists of their expeditions, often leaving them empty. Following isn't possible either, so I guess they're not in the base at all. Any ideas why that could be? --Calamus (talk) 14:40, 24 February 2013 (EST)

Japan

Relet!! I know you because I copy-pasted my user page from Juja, who copy-pasted it from you. I was checking that great interactive map and saw you've geohashed in the Tokyo area in the last 30 days!! I suddenly feel less alone in this new and faraway country... Geohashing is on my list of things to do before I leave in 2 months! Enjoy your stay in Japan! Lizwiz 21:45, 5 October 2012 (EDT)

New version of the centicle selector

I've made a new version of the centicle selector, now with graticle switching capabilities: http://jsbin.com/equvix/latest . You should probably update your hosted version. JesseW 00:49, 15 May 2012 (EDT)

Sorry, bad link: try this: http://jsbin.com/equvix/19?lat=32&lng=-117
ping. JesseW 02:03, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
pong. -- relet 01:57, 29 May 2012 (EDT)

Hosting for a the ambassador flyer in .doc (and .pdf) formats?

Danatar sent me the Ambassador flyer in .doc format, which I can't upload to the wiki. Could you host it? JesseW 03:08, 1 June 2012 (EDT)

User Page

Hello relet! I stumbled upon your astonishingly official-looking page! Would you mind me using it as a template for my own page?

Be my guest! -- relet 01:18, 31 August 2012 (EDT)

/follow broken?

I was just told to update the Graph, which takes some of its data from your nice /geo/follow/<user>. Currently, /follow isn't returning any expeditions for about 400 of the 450 users listed on the Meetup_Graph page. Are you going to fix /follow, or should I go back to generating a less rich graph until I can find a way to get the data myself? --Hijackal (talk) 04:36, 26 February 2013 (EST)

I already reported this.
The behaviour changed only a few days ago. I'd suggest waiting for a fix for some time. The bubble size of the graph is the most comfortable way to find out whom to pray to, would be a shame if it wasn't there anymore.
It's too bad this great tool isn't open source. --Calamus (talk) 04:55, 26 February 2013 (EST)
Shoot, I forgot to put this in the geohashing toolshed. I will look into the issue and push the changes to the repository. Sorry, I haven't been logged in here for a while (and will be traveling for two more weeks now). -- relet 15:58, 19 March 2013 (EDT)
I'm running the monthly (full) update right now, and maybe that fixes things. If not, I'll have to have a look after Easter. (sorry) -- relet 16:15, 19 March 2013 (EDT)
FYI: https://github.com/relet/pygeohashing/tree/master/ws

relet.net expired?

Hello, looks like something is wrong with relet.net... Best regards, --Crox (talk) 15:21, 11 March 2013 (EDT)

Fixed, thanks. -- relet 15:58, 19 March 2013 (EDT)

Padova

Hi, and thanks for the heads up! Unluckily, I won't be able to be geohashing tomorrow as I already have plans for the day... it would be very hard for me to get there anyways, as I don't have a driver license yet and I can only move around by public transport. I'm sorry I won't be able to join your adventure! Hope you have fun! Werther (talk) 18:17, 22 March 2013 (EDT)

relet.net down

FYI: My server just suffered from maintenantitis. I'm not sure when I can get it up again. -- relet 04:19, 3 April 2013 (EDT)

perl -e "print'n'.'o'x100" - Mampfred (talk) 05:18, 3 April 2013 (EDT)
Still suffering some metamorphosis illnesses, but ReletBot is now running correctly again (sorry for the mess), and building the databases. -- relet 03:34, 9 April 2013 (EDT)

Jason Service Interuption?

Your http://relet.net/geo Jason service appears to be down (currently returning minimal html page showing only "vork in progress"). Any idea when vork will be complete? The iOS app I just got apparently relies on the good will of your service :P

relet.net is down

Hello! Something appears to be wrong with your site; the IRC client, geohashing browser and other features all return a minimal html error message. Hope you can get it fixed soon, just thought I'd let you know the relet.net services still aren't functioning on my end.

'Twasn't me who posted the above, but I did notice that the same issue was up a year ago. Beware the Ides of March! And yes, relet.net is "not available" according to my browser error. --Thomcat (talk) 00:25, 17 March 2014 (EDT)
Any chance of getting this up and working again? -Haberdasher (talk) 12:53, 4 July 2014 (EDT)
I might have a chance when I'm in my office again in August, but I prefer not to make promises. The server is in a vegetative state, and there hasn't been much idle time lately. -- relet 13:34, 6 July 2014 (EDT)
Any update? -Haberdasher (talk) 21:59, 10 October 2014 (EDT)

ReletBot

I was looking at the "wanted pages" page, and has a question about ReletBot. Does it still new graticule pages if someone edits All_Graticules/<continent>? Does it also make a redirect for the lat,lon links? Or does it hunt down all the neighbors and update the crosslinks? -- Jevanyn (talk) 09:32, 10 January 2014 (EST)

Congratulations?!?

If we're interpreting your recent wiki edits correctly then congratulations are in order? Yay for hash-familiy additions and looking forward to the expedition report tomorrow possibly with the first family photos :D - LadyBB, EmmJay and Mampfred (talk) 10:07, 6 April 2014 (EDT)

Heh, Linnea says thank you. She is seven months now, just her father has been a terribly lazy geohasher. -- relet 12:23, 6 April 2014 (EDT)

Are you going for the Norwegian globalhash tomorrow (2014-07-19)?

It is just south of the Sognefjord, and very close to a road... rather far from Oslo though I suppose... -- OtherJack (talk) 15:04, 18 July 2014 (EDT)

Thank you for the notification. No, I didn't. Incidentally, I am going to that area for the next week, but such is the nature of geohashing. :P -- relet 04:09, 23 July 2014 (EDT)

The helpful centicule map tool

Hello Relet! I'm trying to work out what centicules I want to get emails for, and this page User:Aperfectring/Notification#Current Implementation suggests that I try this helpful map tool http://relet.net/geco/centicules.html?lat=45&lng=-122 ... but unfortunately that helpful map tool just says "vork in progress". I don't suppose you happen to know whether this helpful map tool will be working again any time soon? Or if there's some other easy way to get a map of my home graticules (-34, 138 and -35, 138) with their centicules? With many thanks,

     Brendan.  (User:BrendanTWhite)

Actually, never mind - I found this one. http://jsbin.com/equvix/latest

Shoutout from 2021-02-23_50_8

Hey relet, hope you are well? On our way to 2021-02-23_50_8 my phone actually alerted me that you (or someone using your old mobile number?) joined Telegram. I found that quite a spooky coincidence considering that we don't go hashing too often these days so I thought I say hi. So. Hi! :) - Mampfred (talk) 10:28, 26 February 2021 (UTC)