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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 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.
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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.
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== Our Graticule ==
  
== Daily Locations ==
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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.
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: (10/12) Inside Delran High School! Good luck!
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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.
  
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{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 40 | longitude = -74 | date = 2008-06-16 | name = [[User:LangleyLGLF|LangleyLGLF]]  }}
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{{Most active graticule|month=May 2010|count=3|reached=true}}
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{{Most active graticule|month=December 2013|count=5}}
  
: Nassau Park, South Bound Brook, Somerset County.
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=== Quotable quotes ===
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*<b>A rum keg tapped at both ends.</b>
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::''-- Benjamin Franklin''
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*<b>The Tollbooth State</b>
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::''-- George Carlin''
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*<b>Only the Strong Survive</b>
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::''-- Popular New Jersey T-shirt''
  
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== Suggested Meetup Locations ==
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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.
  
: In an industrial area southeast of Thomas Edison County Park, in the Fords, Woodbridge, Union County.
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Geohashers can also receive daily emails with automated Google address lookup through [http://www.activegeohasher.com/ activegeohasher.com].
  
'''For 2009-10-11: {{coordinates graticule|2009-10-11|lat=40|lon=-74}}'''
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Meetups are usually worked out between geohashers when an accessible location comes up. Get to know your neighbors :-)
  
: A grassy commons close to some condos, off Mt. Holly/Jacksonville Road, in Roncocas?
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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]]!
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== Links ==
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* [[2023-07-16 40 -74|The Duke Island Park meetup]] didn't work out. Watch here for future suggestions.
 
 
[[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{#time:Y-m-d}}&lat=40&long=-74&zoom=9&abs=-1 peeron map]]
 
 
 
[[http://tjum.anthill.de/geohash.html Small Hash Inquiry Tool]]
 
 
 
[[http://www.bing.com/maps Bing Maps (with Bird's Eye view)]]
 
 
 
[[http://www.zillow.com Zillow]] real estate valuation site so know if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.
 
 
 
[[http://www.njtransit.com NJ Transit]] for public transportation geohashes
 
 
 
And of course [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey Wikipedia]] to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)
 
 
 
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.
 
  
 
== Cities in this Graticule ==
 
== Cities in this Graticule ==
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| Newark
 
| Newark
 
| Staten Island
 
| Staten Island
| New Hope
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| Torresdale, Philadelphia*
 
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| Jersey City
 
| Jersey City
 
| Lower Manhattan
 
| Lower Manhattan
| Levittown
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| New Hope
 
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| New Brunswick
 
| New Brunswick
 
| Parts of Brooklyn
 
| Parts of Brooklyn
| Langhorne
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| Levittown
 
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| Trenton
 
| Trenton
 
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| Langhorne
 
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== Local Geohashers ==
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&nbsp;* - The area, in the northern reaches of Philadelphia, is partially within Newark, NJ graticule.
  
* [[User:Madalis|Madalis]]
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== Active Geohashers ==
* [[User:bjimba|bjimba]]
 
* [[User:krip|krip]]
 
* [[User:trntr|trntr]] [[Image:Notrespassing.gif|20px]]
 
* [[User:TorsionalMetric|TorsionalMetric]]
 
* [[User:Direwulf|Direwulf]]
 
* [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] [[Image:Minesweeper_geohash_3.png|20px]]
 
* [[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]]
 
* [[User:BlastOButter42|BlastOButter42]], but probably only if it's near the city and [[New York, New York|New York]]'s isn't closer
 
* [[User:AlexF|AlexF]]
 
* [[User:Knitting Duck|Knitting Duck]]
 
* [[User:Flashbullzeye|Flashbullzeye]]
 
  
== Attempted geohashes ==
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* [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] [[Image:Minesweeper_geohash_6.png|20px]]
:<sup>Main page: [[:Category:Meetup in 40 -74]]</sup>
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* [[User:Signore_Galilei|Signore Galilei]]
* '''[[2009-09-19 40 -74|Saturday, September 19, 2009]]:'''
 
** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] shanghai'ed his mate Kyukket to a geohash in Pluckemin, on the way to a D&D game on Talk like a Pirate day.
 
*** '''Pictures are up!'''
 
  
* '''[[2009-09-12 40 -74|Saturday, September 12, 2009]]:'''
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::''See also: [[Newark, New Jersey/inactive|inactive or retired geohashers]]''
** [[User:Zubenelgenubi|Zubenelgenubi]] is unfazed by light rain but forgets batteries.
 
  
* '''[[2009-08-20 40 -74|Thursday, August 20, 2009]]:'''
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== Attempted geohashes ==
** Two in one week was too good to be true....
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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.
  
* '''[[2009-08-18 40 -74|Tuesday, August 18, 2009]]:'''
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* [[2019-05-26 40 -74|May 26, 2019]]: [[User:Zubenelgenubi|Zubenelgenubi]] rolls to South River.
** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] makes a bicycle geohash
 
  
* '''[[2009-07-16 40 -74|Thursday, July 16, 2009]]:'''
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* [[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.
** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] has a [[wikipedia:Weird NJ|weird]] expedition to [[wikipedia:Shades of Death Road|Shades of Death Road]].
 
*** '''Pictures are up!'''
 
  
* '''[[2009-07-11 40 -74|Saturday, July 11, 2009]]:'''
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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]].
** [[User:Zubenelgenubi|Zubenelgenubi]] visits the geohash corral.
 
  
* '''[[2009-07-03 40 -74|Friday, July 3, 2009]]:'''
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== Links ==
** [[User:Zubenelgenubi|Zubenelgenubi]] decides not to trespass where guns are being fired.
 
  
* '''[[2009-06-28 40 -74|Sunday, June 28, 2009]]:'''
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{{egl|{{#time:Y-m-d}}|40|-74|text=Geohashing.info map}}
** [[User:Knitting Duck|Knitting Duck]] encounters win (and swarms of <strike>mosquitos</strike> raptors) in Lincoln Park, NJ.
 
  
* '''[[2009-06-26 40 -74|Friday, June 26, 2009]]:'''
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[http://tjum.anthill.de/geohash.html Small Hash Inquiry Tool]
** [[User:Knitting Duck|Knitting Duck]] encounters fail in Denville, NJ.
 
  
* '''[[2009-06-06 40 -74|Saturday, June 6, 2009]]:'''
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[http://www.bing.com/maps Bing Maps] with Bird's Eye view, better idea of scale and finding paths through complicated terrain.
** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] reminisces about his hometown.
 
  
* '''[[2009-06-02 40 -74|Tuesday, June 2, 2009]]:'''
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[http://www.zillow.com Zillow] real estate valuation site, to find out if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.
** The geohash is only a couple of miles from [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]]'s house, so he's going to try to bike there, if the weather cooperates.
 
  
* '''[[2009-05-16 40 -74|Saturday, May 16, 2009]]:'''
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[http://www.njtransit.com NJ Transit] for public transportation geohashes
** [[User:Zubenelgenubi|Zubenelgenubi]] stops near a quiet hash in the woods.
 
  
* '''[[2009-05-11 40 -74|Monday, May 11, 2009]]:'''
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And of course [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey Wikipedia] to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)
** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] planned on a bicycle geohash 7 miles from work, but he didn't plan on getting squished by traffic on the way there.
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:Google Maps does this automatically sometimes.
  
* '''[[2009-05-02 40 -74|Saturday, May 2, 2009]]:'''
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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.
** [[User:Avish|Avish]] said no one was there in the middle of Route 17 in Paramus.
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:Google Maps has a bike trail layer, too.
 
 
* '''[[2009-04-26 40 -74|Sunday, April 26, 2009]]:'''
 
** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] is on the wrong side of the tracks in White House Station.
 
 
 
* '''[[2009-04-14 40 -74|Tuesday, April 14, 2009]]:'''
 
** [[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]]'''
 
** [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] rode to the geohash on his bike, in the rain.
 
 
 
* '''[[2009-03-04 40 -74|Wednesday, March 4, 2009]]'''
 
** No GPS!  No map!  No directions! (bzzzt) No camera?
 
 
 
* '''[[2009-02-28_40 -74|Saturday, February 28, 2009]]'''
 
** [[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]]'''
 
** In a parking lot in Paramus.  [[User:Brandon|Brandon]] braved rush hour traffic to make it there.
 
 
 
* '''[[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 geohashing expeditions have been [[Newark, New Jersey/2008|archived]].
 
  
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Latest revision as of 06:56, 20 March 2024

Scranton, PA Newburgh, NY Danbury, CT
Allentown, PA Newark New York City
Philadelphia, PA Atlantic City 39,-73

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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.


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LangleyLGLF earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (40, -74) graticule, here, on 2008-06-16.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!

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.

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.