Difference between revisions of "Talk:Cambridge, United Kingdom"

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Please feel free to use this page to comment on, discuss or plan geohashing and other meetup activities in and around Cambridge.

On this day, Cambridge is five expeditions behind Mannheim, Germany and two behind on Coordinates Reached, in order to come second in the Most active graticules for 2015. I have two expeditions planned which could reduce the gap. I'm not normally competitive but ... --Sourcerer (talk) 10:22, 25 November 2015 (EST)

Kick up the a*** acknowledged! :-) — Benjw _{talk} 12:58, 25 November 2015 (EST)

It was the element of competition that got two of my Electronics, now ex-students, geohashing (ChromeCrusaders). --Sourcerer (talk) 13:58, 25 November 2015 (EST)

Is Sunday's hash close enough to the railway line that passengers on the eastbound train would make it? Seems that it's just too far out of range. Tongs (talk) 19:18, 4 December 2015 (EST)

It's over 15 metres. Lean out of the window? --Sourcerer (talk) 10:24, 10 December 2015 (EST)

There are two points spanning the meridian, 875 metres apart at 2017-02-01 52 0 and 2017-02-01 52 -0 close to the guided bus route. At least one looks reachable without a major trespass. --Sourcerer (talk) 15:57, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

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-Strangely enough, if the meetup location actually was in Cambridge then there would be 2 meetups in cycling range. Well, one would be quite a long cycle... but still, we're only 5 miles from the prime meridian and everything is reflected the other side so it's possible to get 2 meetups arbitrarily close together. [[Special:Contributions/131.111.202.214|131.111.202.214]] 09:33, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
+Please feel free to use this page to comment on, discuss or plan geohashing and other meetup activities in and around Cambridge.
-Challenge: anyone like to write a modified destination finder that shows the four closest destinations to Cambridge? - Sarah
+On this day, Cambridge is five expeditions behind [[Mannheim, Germany]] and two behind on Coordinates Reached, in order to come second in the [[Most active graticules]] for 2015. I have two expeditions planned which could reduce the gap. I'm not normally competitive but ... --[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] ([[User talk:Sourcerer|talk]]) 10:22, 25 November 2015 (EST)
+:Kick up the a*** acknowledged!  :-)  — <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">[[User:Benjw|Benjw]]</span>&nbsp; <sub>{[[User talk:Benjw|talk]]}</sub> 12:58, 25 November 2015 (EST)
+::It was the element of competition that got two of my Electronics, now ex-students, geohashing ([[User:ChromeCrusaders|ChromeCrusaders]]). --[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] ([[User talk:Sourcerer|talk]]) 13:58, 25 November 2015 (EST)
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+Is [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.433886,0.437861 Sunday's hash] close enough to the railway line that passengers on the eastbound train would make it? Seems that it's just too far out of range. [[User:Tongs|Tongs]] ([[User talk:Tongs|talk]]) 19:18, 4 December 2015 (EST)
+: It's over 15 metres. Lean out of the window? --[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] ([[User talk:Sourcerer|talk]]) 10:24, 10 December 2015 (EST)
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+There are two points spanning the meridian, 875 metres apart at {{egl|2017-02-01|52|0}} and {{egl|2017-02-01|52|-0}} close to the guided bus route. At least one looks reachable without a major trespass. --[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] ([[User talk:Sourcerer|talk]]) 15:57, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
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