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== Story ==
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'''[http://almostflan.com/2008/06/01/geohash-success/ A blog post about our trip]''' -- This link is no longer working. See talk.
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So following xkcd’s geohash algorithm, we went out to Encinitas to hit our point for Saturday.
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Side story: We left home at around 2:45PM to Fry’s since Kristi’s Garmin (GPS) didn’t display coordinates. We got to Fry’s probably around 3:15 to pick up a GPS that showed coordinates. (Garmin Nuvi 200!!) Anyway, we were able to get to the front of the Fry’s line (it was around 3:30 and we still needed to get to Encinitas at 4:00PM for the scheduled meeting time - around 15 miles away) thanks to the badass Fry’s salesman that sold me the Nuvi after I told him we were in a rush. We ended up making it to the meetup point in Encinitas at 3:58 and got pictures at exactly 4:00PM. So the Hero of the Day award goes to the nameless Fry’s salesman.
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== Awards ==
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| name = [[User:mooseydoom|mooseydoom]] and Kristi
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Latest revision as of 07:42, 20 March 2024

Sat 31 May 2008 in 33,-117:
33.0374871, -117.2812665
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Story

A blog post about our trip -- This link is no longer working. See talk.

So following xkcd’s geohash algorithm, we went out to Encinitas to hit our point for Saturday.

Side story: We left home at around 2:45PM to Fry’s since Kristi’s Garmin (GPS) didn’t display coordinates. We got to Fry’s probably around 3:15 to pick up a GPS that showed coordinates. (Garmin Nuvi 200!!) Anyway, we were able to get to the front of the Fry’s line (it was around 3:30 and we still needed to get to Encinitas at 4:00PM for the scheduled meeting time - around 15 miles away) thanks to the badass Fry’s salesman that sold me the Nuvi after I told him we were in a rush. We ended up making it to the meetup point in Encinitas at 3:58 and got pictures at exactly 4:00PM. So the Hero of the Day award goes to the nameless Fry’s salesman.

Pictures!

This picture was taken exactally at 4:00. When I pushed the trigger of the camera the screen showed 3:59, but the picture recorded 4:00.

20080531-ca-encinitas-gps.jpg


Special thanks to the four wheeled tripod which was parked next to us.

Blurry-us-small.jpg

Awards

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mooseydoom and Kristi earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (33, -117) graticule, here, on 2008-05-31.