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== Location ==
 
== Location ==
  
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[[Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3331.JPG | thumb | left | Geohash found and marked!]]
 
Barton Farm, Winchester
 
Barton Farm, Winchester
  
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Claimed as a [[Cubicle geohash achievement]] for [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] to within 6 metres!
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== Participants ==
 
== Participants ==
  
 
*[[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]]
 
*[[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]]
 
*[[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]] - REALLY don't want to miss this!  The first ever cubicle geohash?  Count me in.  At work that day, but will try hard to make it for 4pm.
 
*[[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]] - REALLY don't want to miss this!  The first ever cubicle geohash?  Count me in.  At work that day, but will try hard to make it for 4pm.
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*[[User:DavidMiller|DavidMiller]]
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*[[User:Mapaholic|Mapaholic]]
  
 
== Plans ==
 
== Plans ==
  
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[[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]]: OH MY WORD! Would you believe it, that is where i work! It's on Barton Farm, right next to the hut where i work! Unfortunately i am away with my parents in [[51,0]] this weekend so i won't be able to go until the evening to my cubicle geohash.
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[[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]]: OH MY WORD! Would you believe it, that is where i work! It's on Barton Farm, in the car park of my office! I am away with my parents in [[51,0]] this weekend but i will do my best to get back for 4pm for such a special geohash. Mike thinks i might be the first person ever to claim the cubicle geohash!
  
 
== Expedition ==
 
== Expedition ==
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[[Category:Expedition planning]]
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=== [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]]'s trip ===
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I had the added excitement of having to travel home from Essex in order to get to this very special geohash! I managed to get the 12:00 train, getting back to Winchester at 14:43, giving me enough time to go home and prepare some stuff, also meaning that i qualify for the [[Walk geohash]].
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It was so funny making my usual walk to work, knowing that i was actually walking to a geohash! I got there at 15:50, by which time [[User:Macronencer|Mike]] and [[User:DavidMiller|David]] were already there. I marvelled at the wonder of geohashing that had directed them both to my exact place of work without me having to give them directions at all!
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After a little scuffle through the hedges (we thought initially it might be the other side) we found the point, or at least to within 1 metre of it. It was right at the corner of the car park, as we thought, and i have found photographic evidence of me working at the picnic bench with the hash point in sight! [[Cubicle geohash achievement|Cubicle geohash]] win? I think so! Or at least the closest so far! Somebody might still beat it yet, if it actually lands right on their office, but i claim the cubicle hash to within 6 metres.
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[[User:Mapaholic|Mapaholic]] arrived at about 16:10. We did the obligatory photos and videographical evidence. I recorded a little geohashing tutorial, which i'm hoping Mike will upload later. Then we set about the really important stuff: cake, fruit, crisps, drinks, chocolate, music ... office party!! My immense gratitude to [http://twitter.com/chrismdp Chris], owner of [http://edendevelopment.co.uk Eden Development] for allowing us to use the office for a party! Chris would have come, but was out in the New Forest today.
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I was wondering how to leave a marker of the event, and David had the excellent idea of printing and laminating a poster and stapling it to the telegraph pole. Which we did, and it worked very well! We were even able to include a photo of us at the geohash on the poster! Such are the benefits of having a geohash at your office with access to computers, printer, laminator and stapler, heheh!
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Every geohash is different, and every one is fun for unique reasons. This was the first one where we've been able to go indoors, use the internet, have a proper picnic/party. It was, surprisingly enough, my first geohash in my home graticule(!?) and the first one i've walked to.
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=== [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]]'s trip ===
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I was a little concerned about getting to this Sunday cubicle geohash, because, in an ironic twist, I was actually at work in the morning.  However, I managed to get quite a lot done, so I packed up and went home, then drove to Winchester, arriving at the farm just before [[User:DavidMiller|DavidMiller]], who had walked all the way across town to get there.  First GPS dances were not encouraging, and after David and [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] arrived we ended up burrowing through the hedge into the field to see whether it was there (I got a nice little nettle sting (raptor lick) but they don't bother me much).  [[User:Mapaholic|Mapaholic]] turned up while we were in the field, bringing the number of new people I've met through geohashing to 5.  Not bad for a hobby that at first sight seems rather solitary.  Always nice to be meeting people!
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[[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] decided that the hedge was no obstacle to her stupidity radius, and attempted to get through the (much harder) part of it where the hash seemed to be.  However, it was tough going.  Finally I tried another GPS dance and realised that the location was actually on the right side of the hedge after all, so back we all went.  Eventually we established beyond reasonable doubt that the geohash was next to a telephone pole in the car park.  You will see [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]]'s evidence on this page, so you can judge for yourself whether this was a true [[Cubicle geohash]], but personally I think her case is a sound one.
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The party was fun.  There was cake, music, computers, a roof over our heads to keep the drizzle from us, and general jubilation.  Not much more to say really!  My thanks to [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]], [[User:DavidMiller|DavidMiller]] and [[User:Mapaholic|Mapaholic]] for being there, and also to [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]]'s boss for agreeing to let us in!
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--[[User:Macronencer|macronencer]] 00:55, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
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=== [[User:DavidMiller|DavidMiller]]'s trip ===
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A report can be found [http://www.blog.millerswebsite.co.uk/index.php?page=news&action=view&id=336 on David's blog].
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== Proof of the cubicle geohash ==
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There are videos to come, but this photo shows me working about 6 metres away from the geohash. It was taken 4 months ago by Chris, my boss, and the original can be found at [http://yfrog.com/4o8a2j http://yfrog.com/4o8a2j]. I have lightened the image and annotated it.
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[[Image:Working-at-the-geohash.png]]
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This image also proves that i have been there before, clearly! The bench has since been moved to the other side of the office which is why you won't see it in today's photos.
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I have actually sat on the grass and worked about 3 metres away from the geohash on occasions, but you'll have to take my word for that ...!
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For additional location proof you can see the [http://edendevelopment.co.uk/contact edendevelopment.co.uk/contact] and compare the address with {{egl|2009-08-30|51|-1|text=the peeron map}}.
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery perrow="4">
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3316.JPG | Coordinates reached! We were aiming for N51°4.6509, W1°19.4025 and we got to within 1 metre!
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_Macronencer_01.jpg | The Gang
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3317.JPG | A close up of my google pin, now with added "Actual Size" sticker!
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3319.JPG | Chuck and Monica looking pretty miserable at the geohash!
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3321.JPG | Not a great shot, but it shows the location of the geohash in reference to the telegraph pole.
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3323.JPG | The geohash in reference to my office.
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3331.JPG | The poster we left on the telegraph pole, yay!
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3336.JPG | A photo of a photo of a photo of the photo on the poster on the telegraph pole! Reminds us of the [http://www.infinitecat.com/ Infinite Cat Project]!
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_poi.jpg | [[User:Mapaholic|Mapaholic]] spinning poi. Watch out for the iMacs!
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3337.JPG | Party in full-swing inside The Granary!
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3339.JPG | [[User:Mapaholic|Mapaholic]], [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]] and [[User:DavidMiller|DavidMiller]] discussing something extremely serious. We brought the google pin inside to avoid it getting rained on.
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_Macronencer_02.jpg | Cake = win!
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_Macronencer_03.jpg | Stupid grin for the #cake...
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3342_lighter.JPG | I found a good use for the whiteboard! A little geohashing tutorial!
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Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3344.JPG | The geohash as we left it. I'm looking forward to coming back and seeing that poster on the pole, hopefully for a long time to come!
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</gallery>
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== Infinite cubicle geohash ==
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woop woop, thank you so much to [[User:Ilpadre|Ilpadre]] for this awesome infinite picture of us standing next to the the poster of us standing next to the poster of us standing next to ''... repeat ad infinitum ...''
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[[Image:Infinitecubicle2.gif]]
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Very nicely done! :)
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== Videos ==
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* Undeniable [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgtyWTJQDqI video proof/evidence] filmed by [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]] ... which also includes [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]]'s geohashing tutorial on the whiteboard!
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* A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPELFSFAZlk video montage] made by [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] with [http://animoto.com animoto]
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== Achievements ==
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{{cubicle geohash
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    | latitude = 51
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    | longitude = -1
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    | date = 2009-08-30
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    | name = Sermoa
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    | image = 2009-08-30_51_-1_3323.JPG
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}}
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{{Déjà vu geohash
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| latitude = 51
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| longitude = -1
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| date = 2009-08-30
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| olddate = 2009-04-29
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| name = Sermoa
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| image = Working-at-the-geohash.png
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}}
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{{Walk geohash
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    | latitude = 51
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    | longitude = -1
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    | date = 2009-08-30
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    | name = Sermoa
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    | distance = 1.46 miles
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}}
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{{gratuitous ribbon
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    | color = #55aaee
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    | icon = Birthday.PNG
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    | latitude = 51
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    | longitude = -1
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    | date = 2009-08-30
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    | achievement = Party geohash
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    | description = throwing a mad-keen party at the [[Cubicle geohash achievement|Cubicle achievement]]
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    | name = [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]], [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]], [[User:Mapaholic|Mapaholic]] and [[User:DavidMiller|DavidMiller]]
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    | image = 2009-08-30_51_-1_Macronencer_02.jpg
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}}
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{{Circus_geohash | latitude = 51 | longitude = -1 | date = 2009-08-30 | name = [[User:Mapaholic|Mapaholic]] | image = 2009-08-30_51_-1_poi.jpg | performance = poi spinning }}
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{{Minesweeper geohash
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    | graticule = Swindon, United Kingdom
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    | ranknumber = 2
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    | s = true
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    | sw = true
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    | name = Sermoa
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}}
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{{Minesweeper geohash
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    | graticule = Swindon, United Kingdom
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    | ranknumber = 1
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    | s = true
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    | name = DavidMiller
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}}
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{{Minesweeper geohash
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    | graticule = Southampton, United Kingdom
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    | ranknumber = 4
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    | e = true
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    | n = true
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    | ne = true
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    | w = true
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    | name = Macronencer
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}}
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== Other geohashing expeditions on the same day ==
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{{expedition summaries|2009-08-30}}
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== Retro geohash ==
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On 2009-10-03 [[User:Thepiguy|Thepiguy]] and [[User:Srs0|Srs0]] were visiting our graticule for a [[2009-10-03 51 -1|geohash between Winchester and Sparsholt]]. Since it was almost on the way back, they couldn't miss the opportunity to visit the world's closest proven cubicle geohash! :D
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<gallery perrow='4'>
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Image:2009-10-03_51_-1_3666.JPG | [[User:DavidMiller|DavidMiller]], [[User:Thepiguy|Thepiguy]], [[User:Srs0|Srs0]] and [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] at the retro geohash
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Image:2009-10-03_51_-1_3671.JPG | I have added another poster to the telegraph pole!
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Image:2009-10-03_51_-1_3672.JPG | Close-up of the retro geohash text
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</gallery>
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== External links ==
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[http://blog.edendevelopment.co.uk/2009/08/31/geohashing-at-eden-development/ Geohashing at Eden Development] - on the company blog, FTW! :D
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[[Category:Expeditions]]
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[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
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[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
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[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
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{{location|GB|ENG|HAM}}

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Location

Geohash found and marked!

Barton Farm, Winchester

Claimed as a Cubicle geohash achievement for Sermoa to within 6 metres!


Participants

Plans

Sermoa: OH MY WORD! Would you believe it, that is where i work! It's on Barton Farm, in the car park of my office! I am away with my parents in 51,0 this weekend but i will do my best to get back for 4pm for such a special geohash. Mike thinks i might be the first person ever to claim the cubicle geohash!

Expedition

Sermoa's trip

I had the added excitement of having to travel home from Essex in order to get to this very special geohash! I managed to get the 12:00 train, getting back to Winchester at 14:43, giving me enough time to go home and prepare some stuff, also meaning that i qualify for the Walk geohash.

It was so funny making my usual walk to work, knowing that i was actually walking to a geohash! I got there at 15:50, by which time Mike and David were already there. I marvelled at the wonder of geohashing that had directed them both to my exact place of work without me having to give them directions at all!

After a little scuffle through the hedges (we thought initially it might be the other side) we found the point, or at least to within 1 metre of it. It was right at the corner of the car park, as we thought, and i have found photographic evidence of me working at the picnic bench with the hash point in sight! Cubicle geohash win? I think so! Or at least the closest so far! Somebody might still beat it yet, if it actually lands right on their office, but i claim the cubicle hash to within 6 metres.

Mapaholic arrived at about 16:10. We did the obligatory photos and videographical evidence. I recorded a little geohashing tutorial, which i'm hoping Mike will upload later. Then we set about the really important stuff: cake, fruit, crisps, drinks, chocolate, music ... office party!! My immense gratitude to Chris, owner of Eden Development for allowing us to use the office for a party! Chris would have come, but was out in the New Forest today.

I was wondering how to leave a marker of the event, and David had the excellent idea of printing and laminating a poster and stapling it to the telegraph pole. Which we did, and it worked very well! We were even able to include a photo of us at the geohash on the poster! Such are the benefits of having a geohash at your office with access to computers, printer, laminator and stapler, heheh!

Every geohash is different, and every one is fun for unique reasons. This was the first one where we've been able to go indoors, use the internet, have a proper picnic/party. It was, surprisingly enough, my first geohash in my home graticule(!?) and the first one i've walked to.

Macronencer's trip

I was a little concerned about getting to this Sunday cubicle geohash, because, in an ironic twist, I was actually at work in the morning. However, I managed to get quite a lot done, so I packed up and went home, then drove to Winchester, arriving at the farm just before DavidMiller, who had walked all the way across town to get there. First GPS dances were not encouraging, and after David and Sermoa arrived we ended up burrowing through the hedge into the field to see whether it was there (I got a nice little nettle sting (raptor lick) but they don't bother me much). Mapaholic turned up while we were in the field, bringing the number of new people I've met through geohashing to 5. Not bad for a hobby that at first sight seems rather solitary. Always nice to be meeting people!

Sermoa decided that the hedge was no obstacle to her stupidity radius, and attempted to get through the (much harder) part of it where the hash seemed to be. However, it was tough going. Finally I tried another GPS dance and realised that the location was actually on the right side of the hedge after all, so back we all went. Eventually we established beyond reasonable doubt that the geohash was next to a telephone pole in the car park. You will see Sermoa's evidence on this page, so you can judge for yourself whether this was a true Cubicle geohash, but personally I think her case is a sound one.

The party was fun. There was cake, music, computers, a roof over our heads to keep the drizzle from us, and general jubilation. Not much more to say really! My thanks to Sermoa, DavidMiller and Mapaholic for being there, and also to Sermoa's boss for agreeing to let us in!

--macronencer 00:55, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

DavidMiller's trip

A report can be found on David's blog.

Proof of the cubicle geohash

There are videos to come, but this photo shows me working about 6 metres away from the geohash. It was taken 4 months ago by Chris, my boss, and the original can be found at http://yfrog.com/4o8a2j. I have lightened the image and annotated it.

Working-at-the-geohash.png

This image also proves that i have been there before, clearly! The bench has since been moved to the other side of the office which is why you won't see it in today's photos.

I have actually sat on the grass and worked about 3 metres away from the geohash on occasions, but you'll have to take my word for that ...!

For additional location proof you can see the edendevelopment.co.uk/contact and compare the address with the peeron map.

Gallery

  • Coordinates reached! We were aiming for N51°4.6509, W1°19.4025 and we got to within 1 metre!

  • The Gang

  • A close up of my google pin, now with added "Actual Size" sticker!

  • Chuck and Monica looking pretty miserable at the geohash!

  • Not a great shot, but it shows the location of the geohash in reference to the telegraph pole.

  • The geohash in reference to my office.

  • The poster we left on the telegraph pole, yay!

  • A photo of a photo of a photo of the photo on the poster on the telegraph pole! Reminds us of the Infinite Cat Project!

  • Mapaholic spinning poi. Watch out for the iMacs!

  • Party in full-swing inside The Granary!

  • Mapaholic, Macronencer and DavidMiller discussing something extremely serious. We brought the google pin inside to avoid it getting rained on.

  • Cake = win!

  • Stupid grin for the #cake...

  • I found a good use for the whiteboard! A little geohashing tutorial!

  • The geohash as we left it. I'm looking forward to coming back and seeing that poster on the pole, hopefully for a long time to come!

Infinite cubicle geohash

woop woop, thank you so much to Ilpadre for this awesome infinite picture of us standing next to the the poster of us standing next to the poster of us standing next to ... repeat ad infinitum ...

Infinitecubicle2.gif

Very nicely done! :)

Videos

Achievements

Cubicleicon.png
 Sermoa earned the cubicle geohash achievement
by working at the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30.
2009-08-30 51 -1 3323.JPG
Dejavu.png
 Sermoa earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30, and previously on 2009-04-29.
Working-at-the-geohash.png
Walk.PNG
 Sermoa earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30 on foot, travelling a distance of 1.46 miles.
Birthday.PNG
 Sermoa, Macronencer, Mapaholic and DavidMiller earned the Party geohash
by throwing a mad-keen party at the Cubicle achievement (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30.
2009-08-30 51 -1 Macronencer 02.jpg
Circusgeohash.GIF
 Mapaholic earned the Circus Geohash Achievement
by poi spinning at the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30.
2009-08-30 51 -1 poi.jpg
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Sermoa achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Swindon, United Kingdom and 2 of the surrounding graticules.
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DavidMiller achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Swindon, United Kingdom and 1 of the surrounding graticules.
Minesweeper geohash empty.png Minesweeper geohash flag.png Minesweeper geohash flag.png
Minesweeper geohash flag.png Minesweeper geohash 4.png Minesweeper geohash flag.png
Minesweeper geohash empty.png Minesweeper geohash empty.png Minesweeper geohash empty.png
Macronencer achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Southampton, United Kingdom and 4 of the surrounding graticules.


Other geohashing expeditions on the same day

Expeditions and Plans

2009-08-30
Albury Wodonga, Australia Kieran, Fi, Acajou The first attempt. Fi and Kieran headed out to find the hash point. The map...
Geelong, Australia Felix Dance was much easier than the one last week (in fact the more epic day was the d...
Puebla, Mexico relet, knispel Near Puebla, Mexico Right next to the road Federal Mexico City - Puebla
Los Angeles, California ryanb In the Larchmont Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. Driveway to the right...
Udine, Italy Faina09 After the vineyard, today we reach a field of soya beans at the exact coord...
Vancouver, British Columbia Wade, Xore, Rhonda, About 20 others from Under a big tree in Clark Park, Vancouver.
Regensburg, Germany Tomcat‎, Hans was in a forest almost 1km south of Forstmühle (Forestmill), roughly 18 km ...
Schweinfurt, Germany thepiguy, srs0, Danatar on a meadow in the forest near Hausen, near Schweinfurt. Country: Germany;...
Erfurt, Germany srs0, thepiguy, Danatar a cornerstone on private property in Buchau, a part of Mainleus. Country: ...
Chemnitz, Germany Danatar, thepiguy, srs0 in a harvested field next to Podhoří, a borough of Cheb. Country: Czech Re...
Swindon, United Kingdom Sermoa, Macronencer, DavidMiller, Mapaholic Barton Farm, Winchester Claimed as a Cubicle geohash achievement for Sermoa to within 6 metres!
Leipzig, Germany srs0, Danatar, thepiguy on a former railway trail near Lucka. Country: Germany; state: Thüringen (...
Dresden, Germany thepiguy, srs0, Danatar in a harvested field near Ilkendorf, a borough of Nossen. Country: Germany...



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Retro geohash

On 2009-10-03 Thepiguy and Srs0 were visiting our graticule for a geohash between Winchester and Sparsholt. Since it was almost on the way back, they couldn't miss the opportunity to visit the world's closest proven cubicle geohash! :D

  • DavidMiller, Thepiguy, Srs0 and Sermoa at the retro geohash

  • I have added another poster to the telegraph pole!

  • Close-up of the retro geohash text

External links

Geohashing at Eden Development - on the company blog, FTW! :D

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