Difference between revisions of "2013-11-14 40 -73"

Latest revision as of 04:39, 14 August 2019

Location

At the front of 54-30 64th St, Maspeth, Queens NY 11378

Participants

Plans

When I looked at the day's location in Geohash Droid, I saw that it would require only a short diversion from my usual bicycle commute route to work that evening, so I decided to finally do my first geohash!

Expedition

I left my apartment on the Upper West Side at about 10:40pm bound for my 1:00am work tour in East New York, Brooklyn - with a short geohash diversion planned. Temperatures were in the mid 40s F, with a 10mph wind from the SW. I took my usual route - across Central Park at 72nd St, down 2nd Ave to 60th St to the Queensboro Bridge bike path, along the Queens Plaza bike path to Van Dam st, to Review Ave, to 56th Rd. Where I would usually turn onto Maspeth Ave, I instead took Maurice Ave and followed it to a block past the Long Island Exprssway overpass. The destination was only a few blocks farther, and Geohash Droid guided me there unerringly. The geohash was on the front stoop of a home in a cute neighborhood of closely packed, but very neatly kept homes, on the side of a mediumish hill. Even though I arrived at there at 11:45pm, the road noise from the nearby Long Island Expressway was still very much in evidence. Since I had to get to work, and I was worried people would think I was up to no good skulking around the neighborhood that time of night, I snapped a couple of photos and screenshots, then left to complete my commute to work.

Photos

My bicycle curbside by the house the geohash point was at.
Myself with a silly grin topped by a helmet headlight.
Screenshot of the official weather conditions at the time.
Screenshot from Geohash droid showing successful achievement of the coordinates!

Achievements

Elipongo earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (40, -73) geohash on 2013-11-14.

Elipongo earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 8.3 miles to the (40, -73) geohash on 2013-11-14.

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 == Expedition ==
 <!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+I left my apartment on the Upper West Side at about 10:40pm bound for my 1:00am work tour in East New York, Brooklyn - with a short geohash diversion planned. Temperatures were in the mid 40s F, with a 10mph wind from the SW. I took my usual route - across Central Park at 72nd St, down 2nd Ave to 60th St to the Queensboro Bridge bike path, along the Queens Plaza bike path to Van Dam st, to Review Ave, to 56th Rd. Where I would usually turn onto Maspeth Ave, I instead took Maurice Ave and followed it to a block past the Long Island Exprssway overpass. The destination was only a few blocks farther, and Geohash Droid guided me there unerringly. The geohash was on the front stoop of a home in a cute neighborhood of closely packed, but very neatly kept homes, on the side of a mediumish hill. Even though I arrived at there at 11:45pm, the road noise from the nearby Long Island Expressway was still very much in evidence. Since I had to get to work, and I was worried people would think I was up to no good skulking around the neighborhood that time of night, I snapped a couple of photos and screenshots, then left to complete my commute to work.
-== Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
 == Photos ==
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 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2013-11-14_40_-73_18-22-00-588.jpg | My bicycle curbside by the house the geohash point was at.
+Image:2013-11-14_40_-73_18-23-07-226.jpg | Myself with a silly grin topped by a helmet headlight.
+Image:2013-11-14_40_-73_18-24-07-554.jpg | Screenshot of the official weather conditions at the time.
+Image:2013-11-14_40_-73_18-25-06-893.jpg | Screenshot from Geohash droid showing successful achievement of the coordinates!
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{land geohash
+| latitude = 40
+| longitude = -73
+| date = 2013-11-14
+| name = Elipongo
+}}
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+{{bicycle geohash
-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. -->
+| latitude = 40
-[[Category:New report]]
+| longitude = -73
+| date = 2013-11-14
+| name = Elipongo
+| distance = 8.3 miles
+}}
-<!-- 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]]
+{{location|US|NY|QU}}
---><!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location instead of the actual geohash:
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


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