Difference between revisions of "2012-04-21 33 -118"

Latest revision as of 07:06, 19 May 2022

Location

Inside the 6900 Orange Ave. Southern California Edison substation.

Participants

JesseW

Plans

Drive to the street nearest the hashpoint, and look around, take photos. I expected not to be able to make it all the way to the coordinates, due to HIGH VOLTAGE issues.

Expedition

This was my first ever geohash, so I didn't know what to expect (and I took a lot of photos). I was only in LA for the weekend, and the house I was staying in was about 40 minutes away from the hashpoint by car.

I arrived just before dark, at around 7:30 PM. I drove past the closest point I could reach by car, parked, and walked back, snapping photos of the substation, the (many) Danger and No Trespassing signs, and the wires overhead as I went. I had lots of problems with the camera being out of focus due to the long exposure times needed due to the evening light.

I lacked a GPS unit, so I relied on a printout of the satellite image to pinpoint what I thought was the closest point along the fence to the coordinates. Once I reached there, I tried (somewhat unsuccessfully) to get a close-up image of the point, but managed to get some pictures of me (in formal attire).

There was a Mormon temple directly across the street, with some nice Art Deco ornamentation.

Photos

Turning onto Orange Ave. from Artesia Blvd.
The sign for the substation.
The view (including a satellite dish) as I was walking alongside the substation
The top sign was repeated numerous times along the fence.
This is as close as I got. I think the hashpoint is next to the round dial in the middle of the image (zoom in).
Requisite Stupid Grin (TM), in formal attire (unfortunately lacking a tie, so no ribbon for me).
It was a big substation, with many power lines entering it.
Nice Art Deco columns.
The sign for the Art Deco Mormon temple
distant

Achievements

JesseW earned the No trespassing consolation prize

by almost reaching the (33, -118) geohash on 2012-04-21.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-<!-- If you did not specify these parameters in the template, please substitute appropriate values for IMAGE, LAT, LON, and DATE (YYYY-MM-DD format)
-DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :)
--->
 {{meetup graticule
 | lat=33
@@ Line 10: / Line 5: @@
 }}
-<!-- edit as necessary -->
 __NOTOC__
 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+Inside the 6900 Orange Ave. [[wikipedia:Southern California Edison|Southern California Edison]] substation.
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
+* [[User:JesseW|JesseW]]
--->
 == Plans ==
 <!-- what were the original plans -->
+Drive to the street nearest the hashpoint, and look around, take photos. I expected not to be able to make it all the way to the coordinates, due to HIGH VOLTAGE issues.
 == Expedition ==
 <!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+This was my first ever geohash, so I didn't know what to expect (and I took a lot of photos). I was only in LA for the weekend, and the house I was staying in was about 40 minutes away from the hashpoint by car.
-== Tracklog ==
+I arrived just before dark, at around 7:30 PM. I drove past the closest point I could reach by car, parked, and walked back, snapping photos of the substation, the (many) Danger and No Trespassing signs, and the wires overhead as I went. I had lots of problems with the camera being out of focus due to the long exposure times needed due to the evening light.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+I lacked a GPS unit, so I relied on a printout of the satellite image to pinpoint what I thought was the closest point along the fence to the coordinates. Once I reached there, I tried (somewhat unsuccessfully) to get a close-up image of the point, but managed to get some pictures of me (in [[Formal attire achievement|formal attire]]).
+There was a Mormon temple directly across the street, with some nice Art Deco ornamentation.
+== Photos ==
-== Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2010-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
--->
 <gallery perrow="5">
+-04-21 33 -118 01 Turning onto Orange Ave.jpg | Turning onto Orange Ave. from Artesia Blvd.
+-04-21 33 -118 02 Substation sign.jpg | The sign for the substation.
+-04-21 33 -118 03 View into the substation.jpg | The view (including a satellite dish) as I was walking alongside the substation
+-04-21 33 -118 04 Warning signs.jpg | The top sign was repeated numerous times along the fence.
+-04-21 33 -118 05 Directly opposite the hashpoint.jpg | This is as close as I got. I think the hashpoint is next to the round dial in the middle of the image (zoom in).
+-04-21 33 -118 06 Me with Stupid Grin.jpg | Requisite Stupid Grin (TM), in formal attire (unfortunately lacking a tie, so no ribbon for me).
+-04-21 33 -118 07 Lines running into the substation.jpg | It was a big substation, with many power lines entering it.
+-04-21 33 -118 09 Mormon temple.jpg | Nice Art Deco columns.
+-04-21 33 -118 10 Mormon temple sign.jpg | The sign for the Art Deco Mormon temple
+temple.JPG | distant
 </gallery>
@@ Line 38: / Line 44: @@
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
 <!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{No trespassing
+    | latitude = 33
+    | longitude = -118
+    | date = 2012-04-21
+    | name = [[User:JesseW|JesseW]]
+    | image = 2012-04-21 33 -118 04 Warning signs.jpg
+}}
-<!-- =============== 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. -->
-[[Category:New report]]
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
--->
-<!-- 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]]
--->
-<!-- or if you failed :(
 [[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
+[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]     when there is a natural obstacle between you and the target
+{{location|US|CA|LO}}
-[[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 21 Apr 2012 in 33,-118: 33.8800045, -118.1758045 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox