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image:Turbo_and_hashcot.JPG|A hideously non-elucidian Lovecraftian horror... and then there's Chibithulu.
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Geohasher based in the 34, -84 graticule with regular trips to 35, -84; 34, -85; and 35, -85.
 
Geohasher based in the 34, -84 graticule with regular trips to 35, -84; 34, -85; and 35, -85.
  
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At the moment, I don't yet possess a GPS (Blame people who don't know that a car GPS doesn't work well for Geohashing), so until a lucky hashpoint in an area I was familiar with, I was limited to waiting and watching. My faithful sidekick and partner (though he claims he's the master and I'm the minion) is my hashcot Chibithulu.
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My faithful sidekick and partner (though he claims he's the master and I'm the minion) is my hashcot Chibithulu. The latest addition to my Geohashing equipment is a Garmin GPS72, a discontinued model, but it does what I need it to do as long as I don't cause operator error...
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image:Turbomagnus_Garmin_GPS72.JPG|Garmin GPS 72... a good GPSr when I'm not screwing up.
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==Expeditions==
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By Graticule; Map: [http://xkcd.nathanwoodruff.com/GooMapXKCDTurbomagnus.htm]
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'''34 -84'''
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[[2010-10-04 34 -84|2010-10-04]] In some woods off of Davenport Rd. not far from the Dalton Airport, which due to user error is not where I ended up on my retro expedition...
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[[2010-10-10 34 -84|2010-10-10]] In a cemetery near Cleveland Highway and Beaverdale Road, another Retro Expedition
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==Geohashes==
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'''34 -85'''
  
 
[[2011-01-30 34 -85|2011-01-30 Sunday]] Across from a monument at Chickamauga Battlefield.
 
[[2011-01-30 34 -85|2011-01-30 Sunday]] Across from a monument at Chickamauga Battlefield.
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'''35 -84'''
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[[2011-02-12 35 -84|2011-02-12 Saturday]] In some woods near a driveway off of Ladd Springs Rd. Coordinates not reached.
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[[2011-02-18 35 -84|2011-02-18 Friday]] In some woods off Old Federal Rd, near Old Fort, Tennessee. Coordinates not reached.
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==Achievements==
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'''Basic Locations'''
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{{land geohash
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| latitude = 34
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| longitude = -85 
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| date = 2011-01-30 
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| name = turbomagnus
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}}
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'''Interaction Achievements'''
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{{drag-along
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| latitude = 34
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| longitude = -85
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| date = 2011-01-30
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| partner = his seven-year-old cousin
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| name = turbomagnus
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}}
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'''Single Geohash Challenges'''
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{{No_batteries_geohash
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| latitude = 34
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| longitude = -85
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| date = 2011-01-30
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| name = turbomagnus
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without using a GPS,
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}}
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'''Consolation Prizes'''
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{{Template:Blinded by Science
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|name = turbomagnus
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|latitude = 34
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|longitude = -84
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|date = 2010-10-04}}
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{{No trespassing
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| latitude = 35
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| longitude = -84
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| date = 2011-02-12
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| name = turbomagnus
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}}
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{{done with nature
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| latitude = 35
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| longitude = -84
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| date = 2011-02-18
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| name = turbomagnus
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}}
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'''"There Should Be A Ribbon For This"'''
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{{Template:Radio Yerevan
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|achievement = Holy Hash achievement
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|detail = it was a Retro Expedition
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|date = 2010-10-10
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|latitude = 34
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|longitude = -84
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|user = turbomagnus}}
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{{gratuitous ribbon
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| latitude = 34
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| longitude = -85
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| date = 2011-01-30
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| name = turbomagnus
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| achievement = H. L. Mencken Memorial Creative Spelling Award
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| description = finding a new way to spell XKCD at
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}}
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H.L. Mencken Memorial Creative Spelling Award awarded by Jevanyan.

Latest revision as of 14:05, 2 April 2024

  • A hideously non-elucidian Lovecraftian horror... and then there's Chibithulu.

Geohasher based in the 34, -84 graticule with regular trips to 35, -84; 34, -85; and 35, -85.

My faithful sidekick and partner (though he claims he's the master and I'm the minion) is my hashcot Chibithulu. The latest addition to my Geohashing equipment is a Garmin GPS72, a discontinued model, but it does what I need it to do as long as I don't cause operator error...

  • Garmin GPS 72... a good GPSr when I'm not screwing up.

Expeditions

By Graticule; Map: [1]

34 -84

2010-10-04 In some woods off of Davenport Rd. not far from the Dalton Airport, which due to user error is not where I ended up on my retro expedition...

2010-10-10 In a cemetery near Cleveland Highway and Beaverdale Road, another Retro Expedition


34 -85

2011-01-30 Sunday Across from a monument at Chickamauga Battlefield.


35 -84

2011-02-12 Saturday In some woods near a driveway off of Ladd Springs Rd. Coordinates not reached.

2011-02-18 Friday In some woods off Old Federal Rd, near Old Fort, Tennessee. Coordinates not reached.

Achievements

Basic Locations

Landgeohash.png
 turbomagnus earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (34, -85) geohash on 2011-01-30.


Interaction Achievements

Drag-along.png
 turbomagnus earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging his seven-year-old cousin to the (34, -85) geohash on 2011-01-30.


Single Geohash Challenges

Compass.jpg
 turbomagnus

without using a GPS, earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (34, -85) geohash on 2011-01-30.


Consolation Prizes

Science.PNG
 turbomagnus earned the Blinded by Science Consolation Prize
by failing to reach the (34, -84) geohash on 2010-10-04 through technological ineptitude.
Notrespassing.gif
 turbomagnus earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (35, -84) geohash on 2011-02-12.
DWN Ribbon.jpg
 turbomagnus earned the Done with Nature consolation prize
by failing to reach the (35, -84) geohash on 2011-02-18.


"There Should Be A Ribbon For This"

Boatless.PNG
 Is it true that turbomagnus earned the Holy Hash achievement?
In principle, yes.
But it was a Retro Expedition (2010-10-10 34 -84).
Impala.PNG
 turbomagnus earned the H. L. Mencken Memorial Creative Spelling Award
by finding a new way to spell XKCD at (34, -85) geohash on 2011-01-30.

H.L. Mencken Memorial Creative Spelling Award awarded by Jevanyan.

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