Difference between revisions of "2011-07-09 -25 28"

Latest revision as of 05:52, 20 March 2024

Location

Practically on top of a road in Pretoria. I don't know the area at all, but it seems easily accessible.

Participants

mithrandi

froztbyte

potato

mciversa

Plans

Pitch up hopefully around 16:00, find the location (should be trivial), hang around for a while, then go get something to eat.

Expedition

mithrandi navigated to the location by car with the assistance of GPS, with froztbyte and potato riding along. Once there, we found a convenient parking spot in front of a nearby complex, and walked across the road to approximately where the spot should be. GPS reception was a little spotty, so we couldn't easily find the exact spot, but we got as close as technology would allow; the faint strains of music drifting over provided an unexpected backing soundtrack for the whole event. We stood around chatting for a bit, and were pleasantly surprised when mciversa drove up to join us unannounced. Unfortunately we didn't have any other geohashers show up, so after hanging around a little longer, we departed again to get breakfast/lunch/dinner/whatever.

Photos

The most boring spot in Pretoria. @-25.8281,28.3212
The intrepid explorers. @-25.8280,28.3215

Achievements

mithrandi, froztbyte, potato, and mciversa earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (-25, 28) geohash on 2011-07-09.

mithrandi, froztbyte, and potato earned the Earliest geohasher achievement

by arriving first at the (-25, 28) geohash on 2011-07-09.

mithrandi, froztbyte, potato, and mciversa earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (-25, 28) graticule, here, on 2011-07-09.

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 [[User:Froztbyte|froztbyte]]
+potato
+mciversa
 == Plans ==
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 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+mithrandi navigated to the location by car with the assistance of GPS, with froztbyte and potato riding along. Once there, we found a convenient parking spot in front of a nearby complex, and walked across the road to approximately where the spot should be. GPS reception was a little spotty, so we couldn't easily find the exact spot, but we got as close as technology would allow; the faint strains of music drifting over provided an unexpected backing soundtrack for the whole event. We stood around chatting for a bit, and were pleasantly surprised when mciversa drove up to join us unannounced. Unfortunately we didn't have any other geohashers show up, so after hanging around a little longer, we departed again to get breakfast/lunch/dinner/whatever.
-== Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2010-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
--->
 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2011-07-09_-25_28_16-06-56-613.jpg | The most boring spot in Pretoria. [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-25.82812556&lon=28.32119975&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @-25.8281,28.3212]
+Image:2011-07-09_-25_28_16-13-29-066.jpg | The intrepid explorers. [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-25.82798355&lon=28.32146079&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @-25.8280,28.3215]
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{land geohash
+    | latitude = -25
+    | longitude = 28
+    | date = 2011-07-09
+    | name = mithrandi, froztbyte, potato, and mciversa
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+}}
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
+{{Earliest geohasher
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+    | latitude = -25
+    | longitude = 28
+    | date = 2011-07-09
+    | name = mithrandi, froztbyte, and potato
+}}
+{{Graticule unlocked
+    | latitude = -25
+    | longitude = 28
+    | date = 2011-07-09
+    | name = mithrandi, froztbyte, potato, and mciversa
+}}
-<!-- An actual expedition:
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
--->
+{{location|ZA|GP}}
-<!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]     when there is a natural obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]  when there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]        when you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]   when you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition.
--->


Sat 9 Jul 2011 in Pretoria: -25.8280813, 28.3211713 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox