Difference between revisions of "2010-07-02 -43 147"

Latest revision as of 06:11, 20 March 2024

Location

Off Tinderbox Road between Howden and Tinderbox

Participants

Plans

Plan was to drive there and have a look to see if it was accessible, Google maps showed it to be in an area of light bush, but possibly private property.

Expedition

Drive there was uneventful. Off Tinderbox Road was a small turning circle with several driveways and driveway stubs for vacant blocks. Several no trespassing signs, but also several for sale signs, including the vacant block the hashpoint appeared to be on. A quick phone call and permission to enter was enthusiastically granted, before I even had a chance to say why I was there. A walk up a steepish hill through light bush got me to the hashpoint.

Technical issues

My cheap GPS nav unit doesn't really work very well for geohashing, coordinates don't update unless you move a significant distance, or power cycle. Even after power cycling while stationary the resulting coordinates are somewhat inconsistent.
Trying to the the standard proof picture is, well, trying. Backlit LCD from the nav unit, reflective LCD for the watch, plus me.

Photos

Proof
What it looks like

Achievements

Alh earned the Ambassador achievement

by obtaining permission to access the (-43, 147) geohash on 2010-07-02.

Alh earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (-43, 147) graticule, here, on 2010-07-02.

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 == Location ==
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+Off Tinderbox Road between Howden and Tinderbox
 == Participants ==
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+[[User:Alh|Alan]]
 == Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
+Plan was to drive there and have a look to see if it was accessible, Google maps showed it to be in an area of light bush, but possibly private property.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+Drive there was uneventful. Off Tinderbox Road was a small turning circle with several driveways and driveway stubs for vacant blocks. Several no trespassing signs, but also several for sale signs, including the vacant block the hashpoint appeared to be on. A quick phone call and permission to enter was ''enthusiastically'' granted, before I even had a chance to say why I was there. A walk up a steepish hill through light bush got me to the hashpoint.
-== Tracklog ==
+== Technical issues ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+* My cheap GPS nav unit doesn't really work very well for geohashing, coordinates don't update unless you move a significant distance, or power cycle. Even after power cycling while stationary the resulting coordinates are somewhat inconsistent.
+* Trying to the the ''standard proof'' picture is, well, trying. Backlit LCD from the nav unit, reflective LCD for the watch, plus me.
 == Photos ==
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+Image:2010-07-02_-43_147_Proof.jpg | Proof
+Image:2010-07-02_-43_147_Location.jpg | What it looks like
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+{{Ambassador geohash
+    | latitude = -43
+    | longitude = 147
+    | date = 2010-07-02
+    | name = Alh
+}}
+{{Graticule unlocked
+    | latitude = -43
+    | longitude = 147
+    | date = 2010-07-02
+    | name = Alh
+}}
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Fri 2 Jul 2010 in Huonville: -43.0283449, 147.3162712 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox