Difference between revisions of "Newark, New Jersey"

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Our Graticule

The Newark graticule is at 40 N, -74 W. This graticule is among the most populous in the United States, with a population in the neighborhood of 7 million people. It includes almost the entire northern half of New Jersey, the most densely populated state (Census), as well as Staten Island, western sections of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan in New York, and a part of Pennsylvania northeast of Philadelphia. In addition, other than Raritan Bay, there are no large sections of water.

The New York Stock Exchange, where Geohashes are generated, is located in this graticule. On 2019-02-04, the hash location fell approximately six blocks from it.

LangleyLGLF earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (40, -74) graticule, here, on 2008-06-16.

This graticule earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement

for the month of May 2010 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 3 successful expeditions.

This graticule earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement

for the month of August 2010 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 4 expeditions.

This graticule earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement

for the month of December 2013 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 4 successful expeditions.

This graticule earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement

for the month of December 2013 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 5 expeditions.

Quotable quotes

A rum keg tapped at both ends.

-- Benjamin Franklin

The Tollbooth State

-- George Carlin

Only the Strong Survive

-- Popular New Jersey T-shirt

Suggested Meetup Locations

Interesting reachable locations will be posted the same day as they come up. The 80%-90% rate of private property discourages me from updating more often.

Geohashers can also receive daily emails with automated Google address lookup through activegeohasher.com.

Meetups are usually worked out between geohashers when an accessible location comes up. Get to know your neighbors :-)

The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is challenging but reachable, in Mill Brook, Morris County. If you make an attempt, tell us about it here!

The Duke Island Park meetup didn't work out. Watch here for future suggestions.

Cities in this Graticule

New Jersey	New York	Pennsylvania
Newark	Staten Island	Torresdale, Philadelphia*
Jersey City	Lower Manhattan	New Hope
New Brunswick	Parts of Brooklyn	Levittown
Trenton		Langhorne

* - The area, in the northern reaches of Philadelphia, is partially within Newark, NJ graticule.

Active Geohashers

See also: inactive or retired geohashers

Attempted geohashes

This list includes known expeditions from the current year. Apparently, any expeditions (?) from 2017 and 2018 were never recorded. Previous years are archived (see below). Click here for the automated list.

May 26, 2019: Zubenelgenubi rolls to South River.

July 16, 2023: Jevanyn (talk) and Signore Galilei almost had a meetup in Raritan.

Archived geohashing expeditions: 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016.

Links

Geohashing.info map

Small Hash Inquiry Tool

Bing Maps with Bird's Eye view, better idea of scale and finding paths through complicated terrain.

Zillow real estate valuation site, to find out if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.

NJ Transit for public transportation geohashes

And of course Wikipedia to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)

Google Maps does this automatically sometimes.

Wanted: a good bike-map website. NJ Bike Map.com is okay but doesn't include a lot of local bike trails.

Google Maps has a bike trail layer, too.

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+    | lat=40
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+   | lon=-74
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+    | nw = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton, PA]]
-    | ne = [[Danbury, Connecticut]]
+    | n  = [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh, NY]]
-    | w  = [[Allentown, Pennsylvania]]
+    | ne = [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury, CT]]
+    | w  = [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown, PA]]
     | name = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]
-    | e  = [[New York, New York]]
+    | e  = [[New York, New York|New York City]]
-    | sw = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
+    | sw = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA]]
     | s  = [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]
     | se = [[39,-73]]
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-== About Our Graticule ==
+[[Image:NewarkRiverside.jpg|border|320px|left]]
-The Newark [[graticule]] is at 40 N, -74 W. This may be the most populous graticule in the United States, with a population in the neighborhood of 10 million people.  It includes almost the entire northern half of New Jersey, the most densely populated state ([http://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/90den_stco.txt Census]), as well as Staten Island, western sections of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan in New York, and a part of Pennsylvania northeast of Philadelphia.  In addition, other than Raritan Bay, there are no large sections of water.
+<!--[[Image:40 -74 easter egg.JPG|border|240px|left]]-->
-Thanks to [[User:Meteorswarm|Meteorswarm]] for setting up a [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14145974177 Facebook group] for this graticule.  Meet-ups can be coordinated there, although so far this wiki has been more active.
+== Our Graticule ==
-== Cities in this Graticule ==
+The Newark [[graticule]] is at 40 N, -74 W. This graticule is among the most populous in the United States, with a population in the neighborhood of 7 million people.  It includes almost the entire northern half of New Jersey, the most densely populated state ([http://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/90den_stco.txt Census]), as well as Staten Island, western sections of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan in New York, and a part of Pennsylvania northeast of Philadelphia.  In addition, other than Raritan Bay, there are no large sections of water.
-'''New Jersey'''
-* Newark
-* Jersey City
-* New Brunswick
-* Trenton
-'''New York'''
-* Parts of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan
-'''Pennsylvania'''
-* New Hope
-* Levittown
-* Langhorne
-== Local Geohashers ==
+The New York Stock Exchange, where Geohashes are generated, is located in this graticule.  On {{egl|2019-02-04|40|-74|text=2019-02-04}}, the hash location fell approximately six blocks from it.
-* [[User:Madalis|Madalis]]
+{{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-* [[User:bjimba|bjimba]]
+{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 40 | longitude = -74 | date = 2008-06-16 | name = [[User:LangleyLGLF|LangleyLGLF]]  }}
-* [[User:krip|krip]]
+{{Most active graticule|month=May 2010|count=3|reached=true}}
-* [[User:trntr|trntr]] [[Image:Notrespassing.gif|20px]]
+{{Most active graticule|month=August 2010|count=4}}
-* [[User:TorsionalMetric|TorsionalMetric]]
+{{Most active graticule|month=December 2013|count=4|reached=true}}
-* [[User:Direwulf|Direwulf]]
+{{Most active graticule|month=December 2013|count=5}}
-* [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] {{User:Jevanyn/Template:Icons}}
-* [[User:LangleyLGLF|LangleyLGLF (When @Rutgers)]] [[Image:Landgeohash.png|20px]][[Image:Speed_racer.jpg|20px]]
-* [[User:Esteban|Esteban]] [[Image:Landgeohash.png|20px]]
-* [[User:Science Works!|Science Works!]] [[Image:Notrespassing.gif|20px]]
-* [[User:sve|sve]]
-* [[User:Zubenelgenubi|Zubenelgenubi]] [[Image:bikegeohash.png|20px]][[Image:Speed_racer.jpg|20px]]
-* [[User:MikeyCakes|Mike]]
-* [[User:Techdarko|darko]]
-* [[User:Jimpoz|jimpoz]]
-* [[User:RminusQ|RminusQ]] [[Image:Speed_racer.jpg|20px]]
-* [[User:Brandon|Brandon]] [[Image:Landgeohash.png|20px]] [[Image:Drag-along2.png|20px]] and [[User:Brandon's Dad|his father]] [[Image:Oldest.png|20px]]
-* [[User:GISninja|GISninja]] [[Image:Landgeohash.png|20px]]
-== Daily Locations ==
+=== Quotable quotes ===
+*<b>A rum keg tapped at both ends.</b>
+::''-- Benjamin Franklin''
+*<b>The Tollbooth State</b>
+::''-- George Carlin''
+*<b>Only the Strong Survive</b>
+::''-- Popular New Jersey T-shirt''
-'''Daily Location: [[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{#time:Y-m-d}}&lat=40&long=-74&zoom=9&abs=-1 Newark, New Jersey]]<br>
+== Suggested Meetup Locations ==
+Interesting reachable locations will be posted the same day as they come up.  The 80%-90% rate of private property discourages me from updating more often.
-'''{{#time:Y-m-d}}:''' In the woods off Blairstown Rd., near Mt. Hermon.
+Geohashers can also receive daily emails with automated Google address lookup through [http://www.activegeohasher.com/ activegeohasher.com].
-=== Coordinates ===
+Meetups are usually worked out between geohashers when an accessible location comes up. Get to know your neighbors :-)
-<!-- For Monday thru Thursday coords, use {{#time}} for the current date -->
+The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is challenging but reachable, in Mill Brook, Morris County. If you make an attempt, tell us about it [[2005-05-26 40 -74|here]]!
-For {{#time:Y-m-d}}: {{coordinates graticule|{{#time:Y-m-d}}|lat=40|lon=-74}}<br>
-<!-- For weekend coords, use fixed dates so that all three are available
+* [[2023-07-16 40 -74|The Duke Island Park meetup]] didn't work out. Watch here for future suggestions.
-For {{#time:2009-04-17}}: {{coordinates graticule|{{#time:2009-04-17}}|lat=40|lon=-74}}<br>
-For {{#time:2009-04-18}}: {{coordinates graticule|{{#time:2009-04-18}}|lat=40|lon=-74}}<br>
-For {{#time:2009-04-19}}: {{coordinates graticule|{{#time:2009-04-19}}|lat=40|lon=-74}}
--->
-== Attempted geohashes ==
+== Cities in this Graticule ==
-:<sup>Main page: [[:Category:Meetup in 40 -74]]</sup>
+{|style="border-top:2px solid silver; border-right:2px solid gray; border-bottom:2px solid gray; border-left:2px solid silver;" cellpadding=6 width=360
+|'''New Jersey'''
+|'''New York'''
+|'''Pennsylvania'''
+|-
+| Newark
+| Staten Island
+| Torresdale, Philadelphia*
+|-
+| Jersey City
+| Lower Manhattan
+| New Hope
+|-
+| New Brunswick
+| Parts of Brooklyn
+| Levittown
+|-
+| Trenton
+| &nbsp;
+| Langhorne
+|}
-* '''[[2009-04-14 40 -74|Tuesday, April 14, 2009]]:'''
+&nbsp;* - The area, in the northern reaches of Philadelphia, is partially within Newark, NJ graticule.
-** [[User:GISninja|GISninja]] planned to be there, but not to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Jump_State_Forest jump like Jenny] did.
-* '''[[2009-04-11 40 -74|Saturday, April 11, 2009]]'''
+== Active Geohashers ==
-** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] rode to the geohash on his bike, in the rain.
-* '''[[2009-03-04 40 -74|Wednesday, March 4, 2009]]'''
+* [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] [[Image:Minesweeper_geohash_6.png|20px]]
-** No GPS!  No map!  No directions! (bzzzt) No camera?
+* [[User:Signore_Galilei|Signore Galilei]]
-* '''[[2009-02-28_40 -74|Saturday, February 28, 2009]]'''
+::''See also: [[Newark, New Jersey/inactive|inactive or retired geohashers]]''
-** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn and his family]] took a trip to Hightstown to look for buried treasure!  Aaaarh!
-* '''[[2009-02-20_40_-74|Friday, February 20, 2009]]'''
+== Attempted geohashes ==
-** In a parking lot in Paramus.  [[User:Brandon|Brandon]] braved rush hour traffic to make it there.
+This list includes known expeditions from the current year. Apparently, any expeditions (?) from 2017 and 2018 were never recorded. Previous years are archived (see below). Click [[:Category:Meetup in 40 -74|here]] for the automated list.
-* '''[[2009-02-19_40_-74|Thursday, February 19, 2009]]'''
-** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] couldn't resist a geohash this close to home.
-* '''[[2009-02-18_40_-74|Wednesday, February 18, 2009]]'''
-**  Someone's front yard in White House Station, New Jersey. [[User:Brandon|Brandon]] dragged [[User:Brandon's Dad|his father]] along despite the freezing rain for their first geohash.
-* Saturday, February 14, 2009
-** The geohash was in a house in Nutley.  [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] made a [[2009-02-14 40 -74|lolhouse]], but no one actually went.
-* '''[[2009-01-31_40_-74|Saturday, January 31, 2009]]'''
-** A new geohasher, [[User:RminusQ|RminusQ]], does the Speed Racer thing on a suburban street in Oakland.
-* '''[[2009-01-17_40_-74|Saturday, January 17, 2009]]'''
-** A geohashing-inspired location for an annual nature hike.
-* '''[[2008-12-06 40 -74|Saturday, December 6, 2008]]'''
+* [[2019-05-26 40 -74|May 26, 2019]]: [[User:Zubenelgenubi|Zubenelgenubi]] rolls to South River.
-** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] passed within 100 feet of the geohash while travelling on Interstate 78.
-* '''[[2008-09-07_40_-74|Sunday, September 7, 2008]]'''
+* [[2023-07-16 40 -74|July 16, 2023]]: [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] ([[User talk:Jevanyn|talk]]) and [[User:Signore Galilei|Signore Galilei]] ''almost'' had a meetup in Raritan.
-** Stopped in Earle on the way home from visiting Cape May.  Side of Route 33 featured No Tresspassing signs and poison ivy.  Took pictures and picked up trash.  Uncovered triceratops abuse; called ASPCA. ''Pictures to come.''
-* Saturday, August 16, 2008
+Archived geohashing expeditions: [[Newark, New Jersey/2008|2008]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2009|2009]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2010|2010]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2011|2011]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2012|2012]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2013|2013]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2014|2014]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2015|2015]] &middot; [[Newark, New Jersey/2016|2016]].
-** Field near Plainsboro. [[User:Zubenelgenubi|Zubenelgenubi]] followed the "visitors" signs on the Black Rock lot before veering down a semi-public-looking abandoned roadway until a security guard arrived. Does not qualify as a [[Police Geohash|Police Geohash]] as this was just an amiable rent-a-cop. No proof. [[2008-08-16_40_-74|(start here)]]
-* '''[[2008-07-26_40_-74|Saturday, July 26, 2008]]'''
+== Links ==
-** Sandburg Drive, Marlboro. [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] and [[User:Zubenelgenubi|Zubenelgenubi]] made the geohash on a residential street, allowing them to [[2008-07-26_40_-74|mark the spot]] and Zubenelgenubi claims an uncommon [[Speed Racer Achievement|Speed Racer geohash on a bicycle]].
-* '''[[2008-07-04_40_-74|Friday, July 4, 2008]]'''
+{{egl|{{#time:Y-m-d}}|40|-74|text=Geohashing.info map}}
-** In the woods of Spring Hill Road, Amwell.  Not a good place to view fireworks ;-) [[User:Zubenelgenubi|Zubenelgenubi]] made this geohash [[Bicycle Geohash|by bicycle]], and uploaded a photo.
-* '''[[2008-06-30_40_-74|Monday, June 30, 2008]]'''
+[http://tjum.anthill.de/geohash.html Small Hash Inquiry Tool]
-** 17 Cornell St, West Orange.  A lovely split-level, very close to Francis Byrne Golf Course - but it would take an intentional Bad Shot to achieve the Golf Geohash here.  [[User:Science_Works%21|Science_Works!]] was there for a [[2008-06-30_40_-74|meetup of one(?)]]
-* '''[[2008-06-28_40_-74|Saturday, June 28, 2008]]'''
+[http://www.bing.com/maps Bing Maps] with Bird's Eye view, better idea of scale and finding paths through complicated terrain.
-** Brightwood Avenue, Westfield.  Near Watchung Reservation.  [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] was there with two drag-alongs.
-* '''[[2008-06-16_40_-74|Monday, June 16, 2008]]'''
+[http://www.zillow.com Zillow] real estate valuation site, to find out if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.
-** Northbound Garden State Parkway past exit 116, off the shoulder after the Holmdel Rd. overpass.  [[User:LangleyLGLF|LangleyLGLF]] was there and received the [[Speed Racer Achievement]].
-* Friday, June 13, 2008
+[http://www.njtransit.com NJ Transit] for public transportation geohashes
-** Forest Hill Rd, Staten Island, New York.  There may have been a meetup at the Staten Island Mall, but no claim has been made yet.  [[2008-06-13_40_-74|(start here)]]
-* Thursday, June 12, 2008
+And of course [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey Wikipedia] to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)
-** US 206, Hillsborough.  [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] has claimed a Cubicle Geohash honorable mention, but has not yet provided proof. [[2008-06-12_40_-74|(start here)]].
+:Google Maps does this automatically sometimes.
-* Sunday, June 1, 2008
+Wanted: a good bike-map website.  [http://www.njbikemap.com NJ Bike Map.com] is okay but doesn't include a lot of local bike trails.
-** A backyard in Denville.  [[User:trntr|trntr]] claims he was there, but has not yet provided proof. [[2008-06-01_40_-74|(start here)]].
+:Google Maps has a bike trail layer, too.
-{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 40 | longitude = -74 | date = any date | name = No one wants to claim that they }}
+[[Category:Geohashing in the media]]
 [[Category:New Jersey]]
 [[Category:New York]]
 [[Category:Pennsylvania]]
 [[Category:Active graticules]]

Scranton, PA	Newburgh, NY	Danbury, CT
Allentown, PA	Newark	New York City
Philadelphia, PA	Atlantic City	39,-73
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Difference between revisions of "Newark, New Jersey"

Latest revision as of 06:56, 20 March 2024

Contents

Our Graticule

Quotable quotes

Suggested Meetup Locations

Cities in this Graticule

Active Geohashers

Attempted geohashes

Links