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{{graticule | {{graticule | ||
− | | | + | | lat= 42 |
− | |nw = [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison, WI]] | + | | lon= -88 |
− | |n = [[ | + | | nw = [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison, WI]] |
− | |ne = [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee, WI]] | + | | n = [[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin|Fond du Lac, WI]] |
− | |w = [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]] | + | | ne = [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee, WI]] |
− | |e = [[ | + | | w = [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]] |
− | |sw = [[ | + | | name = [[Schaumburg, Illinois|Schaumburg]] |
− | |s = [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]] | + | | e = [[Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha, WI]] |
− | |se = [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] | + | | sw = [[Sterling, Illinois|Sterling]] |
+ | | s = [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]] | ||
+ | | se = [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | The '''42,-88 graticule''' contains Schaumburg, Elgin, Crystal Lake, and many more cities near Chicago, IL. | + | The '''{{Today's location|lat=42|lon=-88|text=42,-88}} [[graticule]]''' contains Schaumburg, Elgin, Crystal Lake, and many more cities near Chicago, [[Illinois|IL]]. Also contains Burlington, Whitewater and New Berlin in [[Wisconsin]]. |
==Official Meetup== | ==Official Meetup== | ||
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=== Next Official Meetup === | === Next Official Meetup === | ||
*'''When:''' Saturday, 4pm | *'''When:''' Saturday, 4pm | ||
− | *'''Where:''' [http:// | + | *'''Where:''' TBD |
+ | *'''Who:''' Maybe you, Maybe me, Maybe Us, Maybe [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047573/ Them!]. | ||
− | === Past | + | === Past Expeditions === |
+ | (most recent first) | ||
+ | * [[2025-01-22 42 -88]], [[User:Gennyble|gennyble]] drove to the Marengo Ridge Conservation Area. | ||
+ | * [[2025-01-11 42 -88]], [[User:Gennyble|gennyble]] drove to Chain O'Lakes State Park and walked through tall grasses. | ||
+ | * [[2023-06-25 42 -88]], [[User:Tarasaurus|Tarasaurus]] took the train to Crystal Lake and was surrounded by rainbows. | ||
+ | * [[2015-06-28 42 -88]], [[User:Gefrierbrand|Gefrierbrand]] tried to reach the hash, but there was no public access. | ||
+ | * [[2014-11-19 42 -88]], [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] visited Coon Creek near Hampshire IL. | ||
+ | * [[2014-09-24 42 -88]], [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] went out to a strip mall parking lot in Schaumburg. | ||
+ | * [[2014-01-13 42 -88]], [[User:Dune|Dune]] Heading over to the outskirts of Burlington then stopping in town for a Fred's Burger. | ||
+ | * [[2014-01-11 42 -88]], [[User:Dune|Dune]] took a different route home after a late night movie. | ||
+ | * [[2013-12-31 42 -88]], [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] took a snowy drive to Medieval Times. | ||
+ | * [[2013-11-09 42 -88]], [[User:StatMan22|StatMan22]] plans to reach this hash after a Purdue football game, just 287 meters from his house! | ||
+ | * [[2013-09-27 42 -88]], [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] reached a hash alongside the FOx River in Carpentersville. | ||
+ | * [[2013-04-12 42 -88]], [[User:StatMan22|StatMan22]] plans to reach this hash on his way home from work. | ||
+ | * [[2013-02-20 42 -88]], [[User:StatMan22|StatMan22]] reaached this hash, on a sidewalk, after work. | ||
+ | * [[2012-12-09 42 -88]], [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] tried to reach this hash, but it was on the private property of a landscaping company. | ||
+ | * [[2012-07-16 42 -88]], [[User:starbird|starbird]] convinced [[User:Jackazzzz|jackazzzz]] to go hashing near work in Hoffman Estates | ||
+ | * [[2012-06-14 42 -88]], [[User:Swoop2|Swoop2]] and [[User:TJAMM]] reached a hash on a road in Hawthorn Woods. | ||
+ | * [[2012-06-06 42 -88]], [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] stopped by a giant hardware store's parking lot | ||
+ | * [[2012-05-31 42 -88]], [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] visited a rainy geohash on the way to his "last meal" before a month of cleansing | ||
+ | * [[2012-03-17 42 -88]], [[User:hezekiah|hezekiah]] reached a hash in the woods in New Berlin. | ||
+ | * [[2012-02-29 42 -88]], [[User:FireTrophy|FireTrophy]] drove out to Volo, for the [[Leap_geohash_achievement|Leap day]] achievement, and his inagural geohash. | ||
+ | * [[2012-01-08 42 -88]], [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] started his [[Birthday Geohash|40th birthday]] with cake and contemplation | ||
+ | * [[2011-12-19 42 -88]], [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] drove through a hashpoint in the middle of the street he calculated himself | ||
+ | * [[2011-12-17 42 -88]], [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] dragged his wife along on a [[Midnight Geohash]] | ||
+ | * [[2011-10-28 42 -88]], [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] made an easy trip to a hashpoint near grocery shopping | ||
+ | * [[2011-10-17 42 -88]], [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] visited a [[Retro|retrohash]] from earlier in the week during a client visit | ||
+ | * [[2011-10-09 42 -88]], [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] had flashbacks to Cub Scouts in a corn field in Harvard, IL | ||
+ | * [[2011-08-06 42 -88]], [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] ruined a pair of shoes but made a hash collision in Ottawa, WI. | ||
+ | * [[2010-09-05 42 -88]], [[User:Gus Polly|Gus Polly]] in a public park in Belvidere, Illinois. | ||
+ | * [[2010-08-20 42 -88]], [[User:Bassoon|Bassoon]] and [[User:Dedehawk|Dedehawk]] in a field in Franklin, Wisconsin. | ||
+ | * [[2010-05-03 42 -88]], [[User:mrmoses|MrMoses]] and friends reach a hash in someone's back yard. | ||
+ | * [[2010-03-03 42 -88]], [[User:mrmoses|MrMoses]] in a neighborhood out in the country | ||
+ | * [[2010-02-18 42 -88]], [[User:mrmoses|MrMoses]] gets permission to visit a hash in someone's backyard, at night. | ||
+ | * [[2010-02-17 42 -88]], [[User:mrmoses|MrMoses]] and [[User:dleininger|DLeininger]] in front of grainery among some big metal silos and grain elevators | ||
+ | * [[2010-02-14 42 -88]], [[User:mrmoses|MrMoses]] and [[User:dleininger|DLeininger]] in a corn field | ||
+ | * [[2010-02-01 42 -88]], [[User:mrmoses|MrMoses]] and [[User:dleininger|DLeininger]] in a neighborhood on a lake | ||
+ | * [[2010-01-31 42 -88]], [[User:mrmoses|MrMoses]] in some trees of a prairie path through some corn fields | ||
+ | * [[2009-11-10 42 -88]], [[User:Jachim|Jachim]] visited the area of the hash, but the point was on private property. | ||
+ | * [[2009-09-12 42 -88]], [[User:ecthros|ecthros]] and Summer tried to reach the hash, but were unable to gain access. | ||
+ | * [[2009-09-07 42 -88]], Hash on private property, so people relocated to a nearby park. | ||
+ | * [[2009-03-07 42 -88]], [[User:starbird|starbird]] and [[User:wdminser|Bill Minser]] in a ritzy neighborhood in Saylesville, WI | ||
+ | * [[2008-08-16 42 -88]], 2 people, in the middle of a soybean field, north of Marengo, IL | ||
+ | * [[2008-07-21 42 -88]], 2 people, in a parking lot, just south of Woodfield Mall. | ||
+ | * [[2008-07-12 42 -88]], 1 person, at the intersection of Karcher Rd and Shaal Rd, southeast of Bohner Lake, WI | ||
+ | * [[2008-05-31 42 -88]], 1 person, YWCA downtown Elgin | ||
* [[2008-05-24 42 -88]], 5 people, middle of a field | * [[2008-05-24 42 -88]], 5 people, middle of a field | ||
+ | * [[2008-05-23 42 -88]], 1 person, front lawn of an antiques mall | ||
+ | {{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 42 | longitude = -88 | date = 2008-05-23 | name = [[User:Top Quark|Virginia]] | image = Dsc 0027.jpg }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Local Geohashers== | ||
+ | *[[User:Pesto|Pesto]] | ||
+ | *[[User:Cortel|Cortel]] | ||
+ | *[[User:Tyrun|Tyrun]] | ||
+ | *[[User:AudiblySilenced|AudiblySilenced]] | ||
+ | *[[User:Th'_Viking|th' Viking]] | ||
+ | *[[User:ecthros|ecthros]] | ||
+ | *[[User:mrmoses|MrMoses]] (I live in the [[Rockford,_Illinois| Rockford, IL graticule]], but less than 5 miles from this Schaumburg, IL graticule) | ||
+ | *[[User:Gus Polly|Gus Polly]] (ditto) | ||
+ | *[[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] I live in Milwaukee, WI area but am originally from Naperville, IL, so this graticule suits me just fine. | ||
+ | *[[User:Sarda|Sarda]] lives just barely north in [[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin]] during the summer and when visiting from college. | ||
+ | *[[User:FireTrophy|FireTrophy]] Lives nearby this graticule, and may try to make these spots when I can. | ||
+ | *[[User:Swoop2|Swoop2]] Lives in Palatine. | ||
+ | *[[User:Dune|Dune]] Lives in Waterford | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
− | *[ | + | *[https://geohashing.info/ Geohashing Coordinate Calculator] - compute today's geohashed coordinates (available only after 8:30am Central). |
*[http://staticfree.info/geohash/atom/42,-88 Official Atom feed for 42,-88] | *[http://staticfree.info/geohash/atom/42,-88 Official Atom feed for 42,-88] | ||
+ | [http://twitter.com/GeohashChi Chicagoland Geohash Twitter] - Daily descriptions of hash points in the Chicago and surrounding graticules. | ||
− | |||
[[Category:Illinois]] | [[Category:Illinois]] | ||
[[Category:Wisconsin]] | [[Category:Wisconsin]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Active graticules]] |
Latest revision as of 13:21, 23 January 2025
Madison, WI | Fond du Lac, WI | Milwaukee, WI |
Rockford | Schaumburg | Kenosha, WI |
Sterling | Aurora | Chicago |
Today's location: geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
The 42,-88 graticule contains Schaumburg, Elgin, Crystal Lake, and many more cities near Chicago, IL. Also contains Burlington, Whitewater and New Berlin in Wisconsin.
Contents
[hide]Official Meetup
In accordance with the Main Page, the official meetup of the 42,-88 graticule will be held every Saturday at 4pm Central time.
Next Official Meetup
- When: Saturday, 4pm
- Where: TBD
- Who: Maybe you, Maybe me, Maybe Us, Maybe Them!.
Past Expeditions
(most recent first)
- 2025-01-22 42 -88, gennyble drove to the Marengo Ridge Conservation Area.
- 2025-01-11 42 -88, gennyble drove to Chain O'Lakes State Park and walked through tall grasses.
- 2023-06-25 42 -88, Tarasaurus took the train to Crystal Lake and was surrounded by rainbows.
- 2015-06-28 42 -88, Gefrierbrand tried to reach the hash, but there was no public access.
- 2014-11-19 42 -88, Thomcat visited Coon Creek near Hampshire IL.
- 2014-09-24 42 -88, Haberdasher went out to a strip mall parking lot in Schaumburg.
- 2014-01-13 42 -88, Dune Heading over to the outskirts of Burlington then stopping in town for a Fred's Burger.
- 2014-01-11 42 -88, Dune took a different route home after a late night movie.
- 2013-12-31 42 -88, OtherJack took a snowy drive to Medieval Times.
- 2013-11-09 42 -88, StatMan22 plans to reach this hash after a Purdue football game, just 287 meters from his house!
- 2013-09-27 42 -88, Mystrsyko reached a hash alongside the FOx River in Carpentersville.
- 2013-04-12 42 -88, StatMan22 plans to reach this hash on his way home from work.
- 2013-02-20 42 -88, StatMan22 reaached this hash, on a sidewalk, after work.
- 2012-12-09 42 -88, Haberdasher tried to reach this hash, but it was on the private property of a landscaping company.
- 2012-07-16 42 -88, starbird convinced jackazzzz to go hashing near work in Hoffman Estates
- 2012-06-14 42 -88, Swoop2 and User:TJAMM reached a hash on a road in Hawthorn Woods.
- 2012-06-06 42 -88, RocketMac stopped by a giant hardware store's parking lot
- 2012-05-31 42 -88, RocketMac visited a rainy geohash on the way to his "last meal" before a month of cleansing
- 2012-03-17 42 -88, hezekiah reached a hash in the woods in New Berlin.
- 2012-02-29 42 -88, FireTrophy drove out to Volo, for the Leap day achievement, and his inagural geohash.
- 2012-01-08 42 -88, RocketMac started his 40th birthday with cake and contemplation
- 2011-12-19 42 -88, RocketMac drove through a hashpoint in the middle of the street he calculated himself
- 2011-12-17 42 -88, RocketMac dragged his wife along on a Midnight Geohash
- 2011-10-28 42 -88, RocketMac made an easy trip to a hashpoint near grocery shopping
- 2011-10-17 42 -88, RocketMac visited a retrohash from earlier in the week during a client visit
- 2011-10-09 42 -88, RocketMac had flashbacks to Cub Scouts in a corn field in Harvard, IL
- 2011-08-06 42 -88, RocketMac ruined a pair of shoes but made a hash collision in Ottawa, WI.
- 2010-09-05 42 -88, Gus Polly in a public park in Belvidere, Illinois.
- 2010-08-20 42 -88, Bassoon and Dedehawk in a field in Franklin, Wisconsin.
- 2010-05-03 42 -88, MrMoses and friends reach a hash in someone's back yard.
- 2010-03-03 42 -88, MrMoses in a neighborhood out in the country
- 2010-02-18 42 -88, MrMoses gets permission to visit a hash in someone's backyard, at night.
- 2010-02-17 42 -88, MrMoses and DLeininger in front of grainery among some big metal silos and grain elevators
- 2010-02-14 42 -88, MrMoses and DLeininger in a corn field
- 2010-02-01 42 -88, MrMoses and DLeininger in a neighborhood on a lake
- 2010-01-31 42 -88, MrMoses in some trees of a prairie path through some corn fields
- 2009-11-10 42 -88, Jachim visited the area of the hash, but the point was on private property.
- 2009-09-12 42 -88, ecthros and Summer tried to reach the hash, but were unable to gain access.
- 2009-09-07 42 -88, Hash on private property, so people relocated to a nearby park.
- 2009-03-07 42 -88, starbird and Bill Minser in a ritzy neighborhood in Saylesville, WI
- 2008-08-16 42 -88, 2 people, in the middle of a soybean field, north of Marengo, IL
- 2008-07-21 42 -88, 2 people, in a parking lot, just south of Woodfield Mall.
- 2008-07-12 42 -88, 1 person, at the intersection of Karcher Rd and Shaal Rd, southeast of Bohner Lake, WI
- 2008-05-31 42 -88, 1 person, YWCA downtown Elgin
- 2008-05-24 42 -88, 5 people, middle of a field
- 2008-05-23 42 -88, 1 person, front lawn of an antiques mall
Virginia earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
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Local Geohashers
- Pesto
- Cortel
- Tyrun
- AudiblySilenced
- th' Viking
- ecthros
- MrMoses (I live in the Rockford, IL graticule, but less than 5 miles from this Schaumburg, IL graticule)
- Gus Polly (ditto)
- RocketMac I live in Milwaukee, WI area but am originally from Naperville, IL, so this graticule suits me just fine.
- Sarda lives just barely north in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin during the summer and when visiting from college.
- FireTrophy Lives nearby this graticule, and may try to make these spots when I can.
- Swoop2 Lives in Palatine.
- Dune Lives in Waterford
External Links
- Geohashing Coordinate Calculator - compute today's geohashed coordinates (available only after 8:30am Central).
- Official Atom feed for 42,-88
Chicagoland Geohash Twitter - Daily descriptions of hash points in the Chicago and surrounding graticules.