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== Location ==
 
== Location ==
In a driveway of a dwelling house
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On the driveway of a residential house
  
 
== Participants ==
 
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== Plans ==
 
== Plans ==
Visit the hashpoint, get the photo and back to work (~2.2 km away).
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Visit the hashpoint, get the photos and back to work (~2.2 km away) - easy hash!
  
 
== Expedition ==
 
== Expedition ==
Started at 14:30 from work and drove to the address active geohasher pointed out. Meanwhile the drizzle became stronger … very nice. I arrived in the street, parked my car and tried to catch the right coordinates within my mobile phone … without success because the numbers were jumping around all the time. Additionally I tried to ring at No 6 because my GPS tool taught me my aiming point is probably IN the garage. But nobody was opening. So I tried the best picture I could get and drove back to work.  
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=== Part 1 ===
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Started at 14:30 from work and drove to the address [http://activegeohasher.com "active geohasher"] pointed out. Meanwhile the drizzle became stronger … very nice. I arrived in the street, parked my car and tried to find the right coordinates within my mobile phone … without success because the numbers were jumping around all the time - very unnerving. I tried to ring at No 6 because my GPS tool taught me that the point I'm aiming for is probably IN the garage. But nobody was opening. So I gave up and drove back to work.  
  
Afterwards an additional look at Google Maps told me instead, the wanted hashpoint should be one house north?!? Maybe I go back there one day with a proper GPS unit and figure the right point out!!!
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Afterwards an additional look at Google Maps told me that the hashpoint should be one house further to the north-east?!? Maybe I go back there one day with a proper GPS unit and figure out the right point!!!
  
 
So I declare this expedition as failed due to my improper GPS equipment.
 
So I declare this expedition as failed due to my improper GPS equipment.
  
== Tracklog ==
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=== Part 2 ===
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It kept bothering me ... so I decided to leave work half an hour earlier than normal on tuesdays and drove to the hashpoint again.
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And I found the error ... my navigation system was the bug. It brought me (again) to the #6b. But this time I skipped the #6a (where I was searching the coordinates last time) and went straight to the #6. I rang at the door and a nice and friendly woman opened the door. She gave me permission and I went to her driveway ... and to the right coordinates!!!!
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Expedition - succeeded!!
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What did I learn?
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Never trust your satnav without a good check to the paper roadmap ... and ... a technical system is just as intelligent as its user!!
  
 
== Photos ==  
 
== Photos ==  
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Image:2011-01-25 50 8 coordinates.jpg | Coordinates reached in the end!!
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Image:2011-01-25 50 8 grin_part_2.jpg | the grin
 
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== Achievements ==
 
== Achievements ==
 
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{{Ambassador geohash
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    | latitude = 50
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    | longitude = 8
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    | date = 2011-01-25 
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    | name = LadyBB
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Location

On the driveway of a residential house

Participants

Plans

Visit the hashpoint, get the photos and back to work (~2.2 km away) - easy hash!

Expedition

Part 1

Started at 14:30 from work and drove to the address "active geohasher" pointed out. Meanwhile the drizzle became stronger … very nice. I arrived in the street, parked my car and tried to find the right coordinates within my mobile phone … without success because the numbers were jumping around all the time - very unnerving. I tried to ring at No 6 because my GPS tool taught me that the point I'm aiming for is probably IN the garage. But nobody was opening. So I gave up and drove back to work.

Afterwards an additional look at Google Maps told me that the hashpoint should be one house further to the north-east?!? Maybe I go back there one day with a proper GPS unit and figure out the right point!!!

So I declare this expedition as failed due to my improper GPS equipment.

Part 2

It kept bothering me ... so I decided to leave work half an hour earlier than normal on tuesdays and drove to the hashpoint again. And I found the error ... my navigation system was the bug. It brought me (again) to the #6b. But this time I skipped the #6a (where I was searching the coordinates last time) and went straight to the #6. I rang at the door and a nice and friendly woman opened the door. She gave me permission and I went to her driveway ... and to the right coordinates!!!!

Expedition - succeeded!!

What did I learn?

Never trust your satnav without a good check to the paper roadmap ... and ... a technical system is just as intelligent as its user!!

Photos

Achievements

Gift.PNG
LadyBB earned the Ambassador achievement
by obtaining permission to access the (50, 8) geohash on 2011-01-25.