Difference between revisions of "2015-04-26 47 -122"

Latest revision as of 03:27, 15 August 2019

Location

Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, with a view of the Space Needle.

Participants

Thomcat

Plans

Visit approximately 2pm, then head to Magnolia for two baseball games (weather permitting)

Expedition

Extremely easy geohash, with a beautiful view. I arrived at just after 2pm on the street below, snapping a picture as I turned right. The geohashpoint was on the upper street, which is one way westbound (and quite narrow).

I drove east, looped around and then headed west. Arriving at the likely location I parked, then stepped outside the car for hashdance purposes. Unfortunately, my hashdance kept bumping me into the car, so I rolled it back several meters and tried again. This time I got well within the accuracy of the gauge, less than a meter at two times.

I chalked the sidewalk and then snapped pictures of the chalk, the surroundings, and the iconic view. I then continued west to the counterbalance (so named for a streetcar that ran up the hill while a large weight moved down the hill underground) and then on to Kerry Park for an even more iconic Seattle view.

Geohash firmly scouted, I headed further west to Magnolia hill and the Sandy Koufax 14 year olds baseball league where I umpired two games, 3:30 and 6:30 start times. Clouds rolled in to spoil the sunny day, with a smattering of rain between the two games, but overall things went well.

Tracklog

Photos

View from below @47.6280,-122.3528
@47.6282,-122.3518
@47.6282,-122.3519
@47.6281,-122.3519
@47.6281,-122.3516
Kerry Park iconic view @47.6295,-122.3599

Achievements

Thomcat earned the Last man standing achievement

by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2015-04-26.

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+Extremely easy geohash, with a beautiful view. I arrived at just after 2pm on the street below, snapping a picture as I turned right. The geohashpoint was on the upper street, which is one way westbound (and quite narrow).
+I drove east, looped around and then headed west. Arriving at the likely location I parked, then stepped outside the car for hashdance purposes. Unfortunately, my hashdance kept bumping me into the car, so I rolled it back several meters and tried again. This time I got well within the accuracy of the gauge, less than a meter at two times.
+I chalked the sidewalk and then snapped pictures of the chalk, the surroundings, and the iconic view. I then continued west to the counterbalance (so named for a streetcar that ran up the hill while a large weight moved down the hill underground) and then on to Kerry Park for an even more iconic Seattle view.
+Geohash firmly scouted, I headed further west to Magnolia hill and the Sandy Koufax 14 year olds baseball league where I umpired two games, 3:30 and 6:30 start times. Clouds rolled in to spoil the sunny day, with a smattering of rain between the two games, but overall things went well.
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+Image:2015-04-26_47_-122_thomcat_1430083215150.jpg | Kerry Park iconic view [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.62945426&lon=-122.35985286&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.6295,-122.3599]
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Sun 26 Apr 2015 in Seattle: 47.6281640, -122.3518655 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox