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   | name = [[Edinburgh, United Kingdom|Edinburgh]]
 
   | name = [[Edinburgh, United Kingdom|Edinburgh]]
 
   | e  = [[Jedburgh, United Kingdom|Jedburgh]]
 
   | e  = [[Jedburgh, United Kingdom|Jedburgh]]
   | sw = [[Isle of Man]]
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   | sw = [[Douglas, Isle of Man]]
 
   | s  = [[Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom|Barrow-in-Furness]]
 
   | s  = [[Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom|Barrow-in-Furness]]
 
   | se = [[Carlisle, United Kingdom|Carlisle]]
 
   | se = [[Carlisle, United Kingdom|Carlisle]]
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This graticule covers the parts of the [[United Kingdom]] from longitude 55 to 56, and from latitude -4 to -3.  It contains the city of Edinburgh.
 
This graticule covers the parts of the [[United Kingdom]] from longitude 55 to 56, and from latitude -4 to -3.  It contains the city of Edinburgh.
  
[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=55&long=-3&zoom=9&abs=-1 Today's location].
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{{Today's location|lat=55|lon=-3}}.
  
 
== Local Geohashers ==
 
== Local Geohashers ==
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[[User:kenny_val|kenny]].
 
[[User:kenny_val|kenny]].
 
[[User:Imogen|Imogen]].
 
[[User:Imogen|Imogen]].
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[[User:Shane|Shane]].
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[[User:Bryn|Bryn]].
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[[User:Jsk|jsk]].
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[[User:Mcbaneg|George]].
  
== Visited Geohashes ==
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== Expeditions ==
  
None known.
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{{:Edinburgh, United Kingdom/Expeditions}}
  
== Near Misses ==
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== Graticule's Achievements ==
 
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<!-- This should be used for the GRATICULE's achievements, not the geohashers' -->
*[[2012-03-10 55 -3]] -- North of Lockerbie, by the railway line. [[User:Alexturgid|Alexturgid]] saw the hash site from the train.
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{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2012-03-10 | name = [[User:Matingslinkys|Matingslinkys]] and [[User:Lazycrazyfool|Lazycrazyfool]]}}
 
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{{Minesweeper geohash | graticule = Edinburgh, United Kingdom | ranknumber = 7 | n = true | ne = true | e = true | se = true | s = true | w = true | nw = true | name = Geohashers}}
== Geohashes considered ==
 
*2008-05-24 -- Looks like a field outside Amisfield.
 
*2008-05-25 -- In Edinburgh itself, in the garden of a house on Gifford Park.
 
  
 
[[Category:United Kingdom]]
 
[[Category:United Kingdom]]
 
[[Category:Active graticules]]
 
[[Category:Active graticules]]

Latest revision as of 17:22, 16 November 2024

Helensburgh Perth Dundee
Glasgow Edinburgh Jedburgh
Douglas, Isle of Man Barrow-in-Furness Carlisle

Today's location: geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

This graticule covers the parts of the United Kingdom from longitude 55 to 56, and from latitude -4 to -3. It contains the city of Edinburgh.

Today's location.

Local Geohashers

feedback. Delts. kenny. Imogen. Shane. Bryn. jsk. George.

Expeditions

Date Participants Description Result
Arrow2.png 2024-11-15 George, Dan, Nitish, Martin Near the main reception desk, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-11-08 KerrMcF On Scarhill Avenue, Airdrie. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2024-10-26 George, Susanne In a field next to a KFC, Straiton, Edinburgh, UK Thwarted — No public access
Arrow2.png 2024-09-29 George, Susanne On the north side of Avonmill Road, Linlithgow. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-09-15 KerrMcF In a field near Palacerigg Country Park. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-08-05 KerrMcF, Gaelan In a field near Upperton. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2024-08-04 KerrMcF In a field near Bonnybridge, presumably belonging to Bonnyhill Farm. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2024-07-29 In woodlands near Harthill. Thwarted — Did not attempt
Arrow4.png 2024-01-16 jsk Musselburgh, Scotland, UK Thwarted
Arrow4.png 2023-11-14 The Grange, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Thwarted — Did not attempt
Arrow2.png 2023-11-07 jsk Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2023-08-22 jsk Lasswade, Scotland, UK Thwarted — No public access
Arrow2.png 2023-08-17 KerrMcF In a field near Falkirk, roughly 5km from the Falkirk High train station. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2023-06-04 Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Thwarted — Did not attempt
Arrow4.png 2023-05-15 Gaelan Out in a field behind some houses in rural Falkirk, about an hour (by foot ... Thwarted — No public access
Arrow2.png 2023-04-08 jsk Buckstone Gate, Edinburgh, UK Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2020-06-02 Shane, Bryn The hash was in a small park in North Edinburgh. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2018-06-27 jsk 25 East Camus Road, Edinburgh, UK Thwarted — No public access
Arrow4.png 2015-08-22 Near a bus stop East of the South side of Hyndford Bridge, near Lanark. Thwarted — Did not attempt
Arrow4.png 2013-04-10 A field near Edinburgh Airport Thwarted — Did not attempt
Arrow2.png 2012-05-30 Shane, Bryn The side of a residential street in North Edinburgh. Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2012-05-12 Shane, Bryn, Nye, Kenny, Ian A field off the canal near Ratho Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2012-04-21 Shane, Bryn A field near IKEA just outside Edinburgh. Succeeded
Arrow4.png 2012-04-14 Benjw, Mrs Benjw who took the ph In an area of scrubland, a few metres off a minor road near Douglas in the ... Thwarted — No public access
Arrow2.png 2012-03-27 Shane, Kenny, Bruce A roundabout on a busy road near Asda on the edge of Edinburgh Succeeded
Arrow2.png 2012-03-10 Alexturgid, Matingslinkys, his girlfriend, Kerry. North of Lockerbie, in a field adjacent to the railway line. Succeeded

Graticule's Achievements

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Matingslinkys and Lazycrazyfool earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (55, -3) graticule, here, on 2012-03-10.
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Minesweeper geohash flag.png Minesweeper geohash 7.png Minesweeper geohash flag.png
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Geohashers achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Edinburgh, United Kingdom and 7 of the surrounding graticules.