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= The Adventure Starts Here =
  
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[[Image:Portland Sample Coord.png|thumb|222 px|Coordinates for Portland on January 1, 2008 (taken from [http://xkcd.com/geohashing this tool])]]
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'''[[Geohashing]] is a global game of spontaneous adventure generation with over 17,000 expeditions since 2008.''' You will explore random locations, meet fellow geohashers, brave the elements, unlock [[Achievements|achievements]], and then come back here to '''[[expedition|document your expedition]]'''.
  
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[[Image:Noterminal portland sample_2.jpg|thumb|222 px|[[User:NoTerminal|NoTerminal]] and friend at the February 17th coordinates]]
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[[Image:Flag of Catalonia.png|15px]] [[Pàgina Principal|Català]] - [[Image:Flag of Germany.png|15px]] [[Hauptseite|Deutsch]] - [[Image:Flag of Spain.png|15px]] [[Image:Flag of Mexico.png|15px]] [[Image:Flag of Chile.png|15px]] [[Página Principal|Español]] - [[Image:Flag_of_France.png|15px]] [[Accueil|Français]] - [[Image:Flag of Italy.png|15px]] [[Pagina Principale|Italiano]] - [[File:Flag of Poland.png|15px]] [[Strona główna|Polski]] - [[Image:800px-Flag of Sweden.png|15px]] [[Huvudsida|Svenska]] - [[geohashing:translation|other languages]].{{QUOTER}}
  
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== What is this? ==
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[[Image:Coordinates.png|thumb|400px|[[The Algorithm]] was invented for [[xkcd]] [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426], published on 21 May 2008.]]
  
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XKCD comic #426 contains an algorithm that generates random coordinates across the country every day.
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== How to play? ==
  
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These coordinates can be used as destinations for adventures, a-la [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching Geocaching].  They can also be used for local meetups.
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# Get '''[https://geohashing.info/ today's coordinates]''' with a [[Geohashing:Coordinate_calculators|coordinate calculator]]
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# '''[[A beginner's guide|Go there]]''' (or as close as you safely and legally can)
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# '''[[Special:UserLogin|Create an account]]''' <small>(Returning after a break? All accounts created before 2020-02-02 [[Dark Ages|were deleted]]; you'll need to sign up again)</small>
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# '''[[Expedition|Write about]]''' your expedition!
  
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== How it works ==
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== How does Geohashing work? ==
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Everyday, an [[algorithm]] generates a random coordinate from stock market data. That coordinate can be applied to every 1°×1° latitude/longitude ''[[graticule]]'' in the world, giving a point that might be in a field, a forest, a city, or even [[Water Geohash|out at sea]]! Everyone in the world gets the same set of coordinates relative to their graticule.
  
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Play with the coordinate calculator here: [http://xkcd.com/geohashing http://xkcd.com/geohashing]
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Each day, people try to get their nearest generated coordinate, for an adventure, to discover somewhere new, or to meet up with other geohashers. Afterwards, you can '''[[expedition|document your expedition]]'''. The rest of us would love to read your story, see your photos, and cheer your success (or commiserate with your [[Achievements#Consolation_Prizes | failure]])! Join the other 'spot spotters', be out standing in your field and use this wiki to document the daily coordinates (geohashes) you’ve been to or tried to reach.
  
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Every day, the algorithm generates a new set of coordinates for every region.  They are randomly placed -- they could be in the forest, in a city, or on a mountain.  You can use this wiki to document the coordinates (geohashes) you've been to.
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Each day there is also a single [[globalhash]] somewhere on Earth: rare, valued and much harder to reach.
  
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Unless you can predict the stock market, you can't figure out what the coordinates will be ahead of time.  You can first calculate a weekday's coordinates at about 9:30 AM, and on Friday morning you can calculate the coordinates for each day that weekend.
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{{Getting started}}
  
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If you go on Saturday afternoons, you might encounter other xkcd readers.  Bring games!
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{{New on the wiki}}
  
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== Official Meetup ==
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== Official xkcd meetups ==
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{{:Saturday meetup}}
  
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The official xkcd meetups happen every Saturday afternoon, starting at 3:00 PM. If the coordinates for your area are in the ocean, a military base, or somewhere otherwise unreachable, that meetup is of course postponed. Unless, of course, you own a boat, are a soldier at said military base, or are James Bond.  If you can, record who's there, take pictures, and post them here.
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== Gallery of recent expeditions ==
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Every expedition should have one photo in that day's gallery, selected manually. Please add yours with the "add" link. If that day's gallery hasn't been started yet, please start it.
  
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== Guidelines ==
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* [[Template:Expedition Images2/How-to|How to add your own expedition photos.]]
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* [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} Refresh the cache] (if your image doesn't show up)
  
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A sample interactive coordinate calculator can be found here: [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map]
 
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A reference implementation is available here: [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/sample.pl.html view] [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/sample.pl download]
 
  
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Meetups are Saturday at 3:00 PM on days when the coordinate is reachable (i.e. not on the open sea).  Later we can all go for dinner.
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When the coordinate falls somewhere dangerous or illegal to reach, use your judgment.  If the coordinates are in an obviously unreachable place, the setup meeting is called off.
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== Recent and Upcoming Coordinates ==
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[[2008-05-17]] -- Dan, Emad, and Randall reached the San Francisco coordinates in a successful test.
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==Recent non-expeditions==
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This section documents hash expeditions that geohashers ''wish'' they could make, but have not been able to for the reasons stated.
  
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[[Recent_non-expeditions#2013|2013]] - [[Recent_non-expeditions#2014|2014]] - [[Recent_non-expeditions#2015|2015]] - [[Recent_non-expeditions#2017|2017]] - [[Recent_non-expeditions#2020|2020]]
  
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[http://geocaching.com Geocaching: Global GPS cache hunt]
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[http://geodashing.gpsgames.org Geodashing: Monthly points, randomly created]
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Latest revision as of 18:53, 21 July 2024

The Adventure Starts Here

Geohashing is a global game of spontaneous adventure generation with over 17,000 expeditions since 2008. You will explore random locations, meet fellow geohashers, brave the elements, unlock achievements, and then come back here to document your expedition.

Flag of Catalonia.png Català - Flag of Germany.png Deutsch - Flag of Spain.png Flag of Mexico.png Flag of Chile.png Español - Flag of France.png Français - Flag of Italy.png Italiano - Flag of Poland.png Polski - 800px-Flag of Sweden.png Svenska - other languages.

“
"I've washed off the dried blood, emptied my pockets of twigs and pine park fragments and showered the resinous detritus out of my hair."
 ”
find some more great geohashing quotations here.
—Sourcerer in Wales
The Algorithm was invented for xkcd comic #426, published on 21 May 2008.

How to play?

  1. Get today's coordinates with a coordinate calculator
  2. Go there (or as close as you safely and legally can)
  3. Create an account (Returning after a break? All accounts created before 2020-02-02 were deleted; you'll need to sign up again)
  4. Write about your expedition!

How does Geohashing work?

Everyday, an algorithm generates a random coordinate from stock market data. That coordinate can be applied to every 1°×1° latitude/longitude graticule in the world, giving a point that might be in a field, a forest, a city, or even out at sea! Everyone in the world gets the same set of coordinates relative to their graticule.

Each day, people try to get their nearest generated coordinate, for an adventure, to discover somewhere new, or to meet up with other geohashers. Afterwards, you can document your expedition. The rest of us would love to read your story, see your photos, and cheer your success (or commiserate with your failure)! Join the other 'spot spotters', be out standing in your field and use this wiki to document the daily coordinates (geohashes) you’ve been to or tried to reach.

Each day there is also a single globalhash somewhere on Earth: rare, valued and much harder to reach.

Learn more

How to geohash:

Other people's expeditions:

Get involved


news archive • Edit What's new on the wiki?

More pages needing discussion • Discussion archive • Edit Now discussing - please join in: 


Official xkcd meetups

Felix Dance, Mdixon4, Rhonda, Lachie and Stevage meet up at the 28 December 2015 (a Monday) coordinates for Bairnsdale, VIC, Australia.

Based on the title text from the comic that established geohashing, the "official" meetup day was interpreted as being Saturday; that is, the day one would have the best chance of meeting others -- see also Mouseover Day. Additionally it was decided through convention that a good meeting time would be 16:00 local time (4:00 P.M.)¹

However, neither of these are hard rules, and they were formulated at a very different early stage in the sport's history. Nowadays and for quite awhile actually, any date or time can be good (or bad, depending on how many other hashers are near you) for meeting up, especially if prearranged. Note that this only applies to that day’s normal local geohash or globalhash coordinates, if you try to go to an alternate location without telling anyone else, it's highly unlikely you'd meet up with a hasher there (obviously).

¹Or earlier if that would be too close to sunset during the winter, or other quirks of temporal tradition; see your local graticule page for consensus there.

Gallery of recent expeditions

Every expedition should have one photo in that day's gallery, selected manually. Please add yours with the "add" link. If that day's gallery hasn't been started yet, please start it.


Recent Expeditions


Recent and Upcoming Coordinates

The coordinates for the Saturday meetups on 23 November 2024 are now available. The coordinates for the next Saturday meetups, scheduled for 30 November 2024, will be based on the Dow's opening price published at 09:30 EST (14:30 UTC) on Friday 29 November. See timeanddate.com to convert this time to your local time zone.

Disclaimer: When any coordinates generated by the Geohashing algorithm fall within a dangerous area, are inaccessible, or would require illegal trespass, DO NOT attempt to reach them. Please research each potential location before attempting to access it. You are expected to use proper judgment in all cases and are solely responsible for your own actions. See more guidelines.


Expeditions Being Planned

Expeditions and Plans

2024-11-25

Expeditions and Plans

2024-11-24

Expeditions and Plans

2024-11-23
Kenosha, Wisconsin gennyble As surveyed on Google Maps, the point has fallen within Ethel's Woods Fores...
Frankfurt am Main, Germany Digiphono In a forest north of Harb
Limerick, Ireland Dan Q, his mother Field East of Newcastle West.
Rheine, Germany Fippe located on a field in Sögeln.

Recent Expeditions

Expeditions and Plans

2024-11-22
Coos Bay, Oregon Michael5000, Mrs.5000 On the railroad tracks near Hauser Junction.
Berlin, Germany coyotebush Woods just outside the residential area of Kummersdorf-Gut.
Loughrea, Ireland Dan Q, his mum Field East of Abbey.

Expeditions and Plans

2024-11-21
Boston, Massachusetts Quassnoi Somewhere

Expeditions and Plans

2024-11-20
Austin, Minnesota Kyrkazakh Near the "Capitol Highway" north of Waltham, MN.
Mannheim, Germany Green guy!, Green guy!’s father Inside or at the wall of a service building next to a REWE supermarket, in ...


Recent non-expeditions

This section documents hash expeditions that geohashers wish they could make, but have not been able to for the reasons stated.

2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2017 - 2020


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