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chicago got shafted.
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{{graticule
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  | lat= 41
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  | lon= -87
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  | nw = [[Schaumburg, Illinois|Schaumburg]]
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  | n  = [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]
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  | ne = [[Holland, Michigan]]
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  | w  = [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]]
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  | name = [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
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  | e  = [[South Bend, Indiana]]
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  | sw = [[Champaign/Urbana, Illinois|Champaign/Urbana]]
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  | s  = [[Danville, Illinois|Danville]]
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  | se = [[Lafayette, Indiana]]
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}}
  
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the Burbs are pretty much split into 4 graticules
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The Chicago, [[Illinois|IL]] [[graticule]] is located at {{Today's location|lat=41|lon=-87|text=latitude 41, longitude -87}}.  It includes almost the entire city proper (excluding the area north of Devon Ave), the south suburbs, Kankakee, Gary and NW [[Indiana]].
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[[Image:2014_11_20_41_-87_chicago.jpg|border|500px|left]]
  
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fuck indiana and lake michigan.
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==Notable Dates==
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{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 41 | longitude = -87 | date = 2008-05-24 | name = [[User:Virgletati|Virgletati]] }}
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==Official Meetup==
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In accordance with the [[Main_Page#Official_Meetup|Main Page]], the official meetup of the 41,-87 graticule will be held every Saturday at 4pm Central time.
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* The first Saturday meetup ([[2008-05-24 41 -87|05-24-2008]]): Happened! But only one person showed.
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* The meetup for ([[2008-06-07 41 -87|06-07-2008]]): Four of us drove down from the city. Nice little spot right off of the road. We were a few minutes late and did not see anyone else there. Pictures were taken but they remain on a cell phone that I do not have access to.
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* The meetup for ([[2008-06-21 41 -87|06-21-2008]]): Five people total showed up at the suggested alternate location, a beach near Uptown.
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* The meetup for ([[2009-07-25 41 -87|07-25-2009]]): One person showed up. Was in a residential neighborhood in the suburbs.
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* The meetup for [[2013-02-16 41 -87|Feb 16, 2013]]: [[User:Zhukant|zhukant]] and [[User:Lrbrink90|lrbrink90]] stamped their feet on a freezing sidewalk then ate Subway sandwiches in their car in Oriole Park.
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* The meetup for [[2013-12-14 41 -87|Dec 14, 2013]]: [[User:nesbiteg|nesbiteg]] walked through the fresh snow to a point just off the Lakefront Trail in Uptown.
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==Other Visits==
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If you visited a point on a date/time other than Saturday at 4:00 PM, put it here.
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* [[2024-11-09 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] in a cemetery in Forest Park.
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* [[2024-09-15 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] got this one standing in a golf course parking lot in Bensenville.
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* [[2024-08-04 41 -87]]: [[User:Tarasaurus|Tarasaurus]] reached this point under the approach path to O'Hare, in Rosemont.
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* [[2024-07-04 41 -87]]: [[User:Tarasaurus|Tarasaurus]] took a train to this point near a church in Hinsdale.
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* [[2024-02-03 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] got close to the hashpoint in the middle of Mannheim Road in Westchester.
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* [[2023-09-30 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] in an alleyway in Berwyn, just off old Route 66.
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* [[2023-08-20 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] in a small park in Bensenville.
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* [[2023-08-12 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] next to a corporate building in Villa Park.
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* [[2020-12-20 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] in an alleyway in River Grove.
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* [[2016-07-02 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] and tag-along friend in a front yard in Elmhurst.
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* [[2015-09-20 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] in a parking lot in Oak Brook.
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* [[2015-05-28 41 -87]]: [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]], [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]], & [[User:Dolphintreasure|Dolphintreasure]] met in the Brighton Park area.
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* [[2014-11-20 41 -87]]: Solo expedition by [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] in Eastside.
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* [[2014-07-12 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] and [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] in Countryside.
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* [[2014-07-05 41 -87]]: [[User:Mystrsyko|Mystrsyko]] and [[User:Haberdasher | Haberdasher]] in North Riverside.
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* [[2013-12-27 41 -87]]: [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] and [[User:Haberdasher | Haberdasher]] on Northerly Island.
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* [[2013-04-15 41 -87]]: [[User:Herdingbats|Herdingbats]] gets close to a hash on the railroad tracks.
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* [[2013-01-07 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher | Haberdasher]] outside a building in Bellwood.
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* [[2012-12-22 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher | Haberdasher]] in a forest preserve in Darien, IL.
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* [[2012-11-17 41 -87]]: [[User:OtherJack | OtherJack]] and [[User:2pacchacha|2pacchacha]] encountered Summit, IL
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* [[2012-08-13 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher | Haberdasher]] at a mall in Calumet City.
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* [[2012-07-05 41 -87]]: [[User:Haberdasher | Haberdasher]] on a residential road in Schiller Park.
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* [[2012-03-01 41 -87]]: [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] found a geohash and won a charity poker tournament for his camp!
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* [[2009-06-04 41 -87]]: [[User:Jachim|Jachim]] visited the hash, but it was inside a building with no access.
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* [[2009-04-18 41 -87]]: [[User:Virgletati|Virgletati]] got a speed racer hash in Kankakee.
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* [[2009-03-27 41 -87]]: Solo geohasher excursion by [[user:gigahz83 | Nathan]] to the middle of a corn field north of Manteno, IL.
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* [[2009-03-21 41 -87]]: [[User:Virgletati|Virgletati]] went to the shore due west of a hashpoint in Lake Michigan.
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* Bored on Thanksgiving '08 ([[2008-11-27 41 -87|11-27-2008]]): Just me out in the burbs somewhere.
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* [[2008-06-11 41 -87]]: [[User:YellowYoshi|YellowYoshi]] tried to reach a hashpoint, but it was on private property.
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* [[2008-06-06 41 -87]]: [[User:YellowYoshi|YellowYoshi]] tried to reach a hashpoint, but arrived after the cemetery in which it was located had closed.
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==Local Geohashers==
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* [[user:Typewriter|Typewriter]]
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* [[user:jazmatician|jazmatician]]
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* [[user:lrbrink90|lrbrink90]]
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* [[User:Herdingbats|Herdingbats]]
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* [[User:nesbiteg|nesbiteg]]
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* [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] occasionally
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* [[User:Haberdasher|Haberdasher]] is just across the graticule border and hashes here sometimes
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==External Links==
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*[https://geohashing.info/ Geohashing Coordinate Calculator] - compute today's geohashed coordinates (available only after 10:30am Central).
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*[http://staticfree.info/geohash/atom/41,-87 Official Atom feed for 41,-87]
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[[Category:Illinois]]
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[[Category:Indiana]]
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[[Category:Split cities]]
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[[Category:Active graticules]]

Latest revision as of 03:28, 21 November 2024

Schaumburg Kenosha, Wisconsin Holland, Michigan
Aurora Chicago South Bend, Indiana
Champaign/Urbana Danville Lafayette, Indiana

Today's location: not yet announced

The Chicago, IL graticule is located at latitude 41, longitude -87. It includes almost the entire city proper (excluding the area north of Devon Ave), the south suburbs, Kankakee, Gary and NW Indiana.

2014 11 20 41 -87 chicago.jpg

Notable Dates

Graticule unlocked.png
 Virgletati earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (41, -87) graticule, here, on 2008-05-24.

Official Meetup

In accordance with the Main Page, the official meetup of the 41,-87 graticule will be held every Saturday at 4pm Central time.

  • The first Saturday meetup (05-24-2008): Happened! But only one person showed.
  • The meetup for (06-07-2008): Four of us drove down from the city. Nice little spot right off of the road. We were a few minutes late and did not see anyone else there. Pictures were taken but they remain on a cell phone that I do not have access to.
  • The meetup for (06-21-2008): Five people total showed up at the suggested alternate location, a beach near Uptown.
  • The meetup for (07-25-2009): One person showed up. Was in a residential neighborhood in the suburbs.
  • The meetup for Feb 16, 2013: zhukant and lrbrink90 stamped their feet on a freezing sidewalk then ate Subway sandwiches in their car in Oriole Park.
  • The meetup for Dec 14, 2013: nesbiteg walked through the fresh snow to a point just off the Lakefront Trail in Uptown.

Other Visits

If you visited a point on a date/time other than Saturday at 4:00 PM, put it here.

Local Geohashers

External Links

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