Difference between revisions of "Glasgow, United Kingdom"

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The Glasgow graticule is located in Scotland, United Kingdom. It contains the coordinates for latitude 55, longitude -4, or 55N 4W. The majority of the graticule is land, excluding the westernmost portion, the Firth of Clyde. It stretches from Helensburgh in the north to the Galloway Forest Park in the south. The main travel hub is Glasgow city, which provides transportation links to the majority of Scotland, as well as to some parts of England.

Today's location

Local Geohashers

Expeditions

Date	Participants	Description	Result
2024-11-15	KerrMcF	Opposite a BP garage in Bearsden.	Succeeded
2024-10-31	KerrMcF	In a field near Tarbolton.	Succeeded
2024-09-20		In a field near Kilbirnie.	Thwarted — Did not attempt
2024-09-18	KerrMcF	On the University of Glasgow Garscube campus in Bearsden.	Succeeded
2024-09-17	KerrMcF, Daniel	In a wooded area near Woodhead, Hamilton.	Succeeded
2024-09-12	KerrMcF	In the front garden of a house in Bothwell.	Succeeded
2024-09-08	KerrMcF's mum, KerrMcF's sister	In the Blue Car Park at Braehead Shopping Centre.	Succeeded
2024-08-25		In Chatelherault Country Park, which is near Hamilton.	Thwarted — Did not attempt
2024-07-21	KerrMcF	In a field next to Bardowie Loch.	Succeeded
2024-07-06	KerrMcF	In the car park for Kingsley Care Home, in Paisley.	Succeeded
2024-05-01	KerrMcF	Just off the path in Dalmuir Park.	Succeeded
2024-04-08	KerrMcF	Close to a track near Old Kilpatrick.	Succeeded
2024-03-23	KerrMcF, KerrMcF's dad	Halfway up Overton Muir near Alexandria.	Thwarted — Other
2024-03-19	KerrMcF, Daniel	In Glasgow City Centre. Looks like it might be on a small construction site...	Thwarted — Mother Nature
2024-03-17	KerrMcF, Daniel	Outside of a house on Pladda Terrace, Irvine.	Succeeded
2024-03-10	KerrMcF, KerrMcF's dad	In the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park close to the Kelburn Wind Farm.	Succeeded
2024-03-08		In a field near Hamilton.	Thwarted — Did not attempt
2024-02-14	KerrMcF	In a back garden of a house in Lennoxtown.	Succeeded
2024-02-02	KerrMcF	In the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park close to Creuch Hill.	Thwarted — Mother Nature
2024-01-25		In a cemetery in West Kilbride.	Thwarted — Did not attempt
2023-10-26	KerrMcF, Daniel	In a field near Bridge of Weir, roughly 1.3km from the Locherwood Community...	Succeeded
2023-09-27	KerrMcF	In a field near Milngavie, roughly 3km from the town centre.	Succeeded
2023-08-21		In a car rental place near Glasgow Airport, roughly 250m from the main term...	Thwarted — Did not attempt
2010-10-30	James	Behind Langside College in Glasgow (approximately fifteen minutes walk from...	Succeeded
2010-09-11	James	Dumbarton Road in Bowling, just along from the railway station.	Succeeded
2009-03-28	Andyroo	Somewhere	Thwarted — Technology
2008-08-09	Benjw	On 9th August 2008 the co-ordinates pointed to a location east of Balmaclel...	Thwarted —
2008-06-12	James	Patterton Railway Station car park	Succeeded

Gratiucle's Achievements

James earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (55, -4) graticule, here, on 2008-06-12.

Geohashers collectively achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Glasgow, United Kingdom and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
     | e  = [[Edinburgh, United Kingdom|Edinburgh]]
     | sw = [[Belfast, United Kingdom|Belfast]]
-    | s  = [[Isle of Man]]
+    | s  = [[Douglas, Isle of Man]]
     | se = [[Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom|Barrow-in-Furness]]
 }}
-The Glasgow [[graticule]] [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=55&long=-5&zoom=8&abs=1] is at latitude 55, longitude -4, in the [[United Kingdom]].  It is mostly on land, except for the western portion (which is in the Firth of Clyde), and stretches from Helensburgh in the north down to the Galloway Forest Park in the south.
+The Glasgow graticule is located in [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom]]. It contains the coordinates for latitude 55, longitude -4, or 55N 4W. The majority of the graticule is land, excluding the westernmost portion, the Firth of Clyde. It stretches from Helensburgh in the north to the Galloway Forest Park in the south. The main travel hub is Glasgow city, which provides transportation links to the majority of Scotland, as well as to some parts of England.
-On May 21st, 2008, the co-ordinates pointed to a location just off a country road, around one mile east of Currarie and two miles west of (though closer to by road) Pinmore. The nearest sizable town was Girvan, about six miles drive north.
+{{Today's location|lat=55|lon=-4}}
-On July 7th, 2008, the co-ordinates pointed to a location just off shore from the Cloch Road in Gourock and was home to a lovely view of the sunset. Unfortunately due to Tom's lack of gills, flippers, seamanship, piracy skills and working camera, he was unable to get to it or take a picture of it. =(
-[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=55&long=-4&zoom=9&abs=-1 Today's Location]
 == Local Geohashers ==
+* [[User:KerrMcF|KerrMcF]]
+* [[User:NDW67|Daniel]]
-Does anyone attend?
+== Expeditions ==
+{{:Glasgow, United Kingdom/Expeditions}}
-'tom' is interested, is anyone else?
-'ch' might be interested. When there are 5 or more names I'll start. It'll get me out of my bedroom at least.
-"Laurel" is also interested, if the locations are accessible via public transport.
-As is "Neil", assuming the cost of transport doesn't eat up his poor student budget.
-And then there's [[User:Jxan|James]], who is itching to get a ''third'' visit under his belt.
-[[User:Gorak|Gorak]] is well up for some Geohash meetups! How's Saturday 12th July sound, assuming it's not in the sea again?
-[[User:Andyroo|Andy]] is interested too! His first Geohash will be on 2008-08-09.
-[[User:gnudoc|gnudoc]] is interested in any Geohash near Glasgow.
-'chap' is interested, also so long as it doesn't abuse his student budget.
-== Visited Geohashes ==
+== Gratiucle's Achievements ==
+{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 55 | longitude = -4 | date = 2008-06-12 | name = [[User:Jxan|James]]}}
+{{Minesweeper geohash | graticule = Glasgow, United Kingdom | ranknumber = 5 | n = true | ne = true | e = true | se = true | nw = true | name = Geohashers collectively}}
-*[[2008-06-12 55 -4|2008-06-12]]: The car park of Patterton Railway Station.
-*[[2008-08-09 55 -4|2008-08-09]]: Approx. 2.5 miles east of the village of Balmaclellan, Dumfries and Galloway.
-*[[2009-03-28 55 -4|2009-03-28]]: A few miles southwest of Loch Bradan Reservoir, Galloway Forest Park.
-*[[2010-09-11 55 -4|2010-09-11]]: The middle of Dumbarton Road in Bowling, Dumbartonshire.
-*[[2010-10-30 55 -4|2010-10-30]]: Behind Langside College, Glasgow.
 [[Category:United Kingdom]]
 [[Category:Active graticules]]

Oban	Helensburgh	Perth
Campbeltown	Glasgow	Edinburgh
Belfast	Douglas, Isle of Man	Barrow-in-Furness
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