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==July Local hashpoints==
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== Map Attack? ==
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Any geohashers involved in  [http://mapattack.org/ mapattack.org] ? Certainly seems interesting. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 17:51, 18 October 2013 (EDT)
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:Hadn't heard of it prior to your note.  Looks interesting, but I think I've got something that conflicts on Saturday.  And I don't have an iDevice with iOS 7 on it.  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] ([[User talk:Jiml|talk]]) 01:14, 19 October 2013 (EDT)
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::Me neither, but they mention Android coming soon. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 11:17, 19 October 2013 (EDT)
  
===Jul 11 - East of Estacada===
 
[[2009-07-11_45_-122|Jul 11 Link]]
 
  
Saturday meetup looks like it's in a field or some sort of undeveloped land east of Estacada. Public road access to within a mile or so, not sure after that.
 
Can't commit to going just yet, but it looks doable.
 
[[User:Shadowminister|Shadowminister]] 21:23, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 
  
I fixed the above link.  45,-123 is McMinnville, which is often closer for those of us west of Portland.[[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 21:29, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
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== We're Quite the Graticule ==
  
My bad. Thanks for spotting that.
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I believe that, as of today, we've collectively mounted as many Portland graticule Expeditions in 2010 as we did in all of 2009. Throw in all of the McMinnville action and we're a global geohashing hotbed!  For what that's worth....    :  )  [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 22:45, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
[[User:Shadowminister|Shadowminister]] 21:34, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
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* You and APR deserve a lot of the credit with your activity.  It was pretty much just me for much of 2009! [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 09:36, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
  
=== Jul 10+11 McMinnville ===
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== Older Question re Aug 17==
Jul 10 and Jul 11 are both close to Yamhill.  I may try for the Jul 10 one after work. [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 21:29, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 
 
 
===Where to plan===
 
With the [[User:AperfectBot]] picking up expedition pages, we should move planning to the expedition page as soon as it becomes
 
clear someone might actually go!
 
 
 
==Other conversations==
 
  
 
Wil: Anyone know <em>why</em> August 17th is "notable?"
 
Wil: Anyone know <em>why</em> August 17th is "notable?"
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Unless someone can say why it needs to stay, I'm going to be deleting that section at some point.  Also, I'll probably be cleaning up the Daily Locations section by moving all of the text below each date to the YYYY-MM-DD_45_-122 pages RSN.  [[User:Wil|Wil]] 23:06, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 
Unless someone can say why it needs to stay, I'm going to be deleting that section at some point.  Also, I'll probably be cleaning up the Daily Locations section by moving all of the text below each date to the YYYY-MM-DD_45_-122 pages RSN.  [[User:Wil|Wil]] 23:06, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 
:Thanks for the cleanup, Wil. Do you know who has the [[Virgin Graticule|first]] geohash in this graticule? --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 15:11, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 
:Thanks for the cleanup, Wil. Do you know who has the [[Virgin Graticule|first]] geohash in this graticule? --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 15:11, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 
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::Thomcat, [[User:Drache|Drache]] and [[User:NoTerminal|NoTerminal]] had the first geohash in the world, and they had it in this graticule.  :)  [[User:Wil|Wil]] 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Thomcat, [[User:Drache|Drache]] and [[User:NoTerminal|NoTerminal]] had the first geohash in the world, and they had it in this graticule.  :)  [[User:Wil|Wil]] 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 
  
 
I completed my cleanup of the Portland page yesterday.  The only thing I noticed that need help with is contacting Erin, who was at the [[2008-05-26_45_-122|2008-05-26]] geohash and who promised us pictures but never posted any.  [[User:Wil|Wil]] 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 
I completed my cleanup of the Portland page yesterday.  The only thing I noticed that need help with is contacting Erin, who was at the [[2008-05-26_45_-122|2008-05-26]] geohash and who promised us pictures but never posted any.  [[User:Wil|Wil]] 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
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:I second Benjw's request. Make quickie expedition pages showing whether or not you reached the coordinates, just so that we an count you in the global statistics. -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 17:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 
:I second Benjw's request. Make quickie expedition pages showing whether or not you reached the coordinates, just so that we an count you in the global statistics. -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 17:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
  
==City picture==
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== Vistors! - Ohai! ==
Hey Portland graticule residents! I took a couple pictures of the city while I was there, and was wondering if you would like to put one on your page, as some other graticules have done.  I have two options: [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rSL31rOu0Y/SjBQCbveFyI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/njIcz0qXHRQ/s1600-h/IMG_1654.JPG] and [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9rSL31rOu0Y/SjBP3qffmII/AAAAAAAAAHI/f6TidtLC0ko/s1600-h/IMG_1673.JPG].  I would resize the image (since they are way too big for inclusion on a graticule page) and possibly crop it (if desired).  Let me know if you are interested, or feel free to download either one and post it yourself! --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 00:37, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 
:Cool! Thanks!  I prefer the second one.  I assume I'll be able to convince iPhoto to do some processing for us.  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 04:47, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 
::Just make sure they are ''really'' of Portland. Vancouver and Seattle know why I'm saying this. :-P -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 06:44, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 
:::I don't have to make sure of it.  I didn't travel to Vancouver (BC or WA) or Seattle, and have never done so when I have had this camera.  Since these pictures came off of my camera mere minutes before I posted them up here, I don't think I have to worry. =P  Feel free to do whatever you want with either photo. --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 11:56, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 
  
= To be scrapped Conversations =
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=== Relet - Sept 2014 ===
  
===June Local hashpoints===
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I'll be around from Sep 6 in the afternoon until the Friday after. Shoot me a message if you are spontaneously planning anything. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 09:21, 2 September 2014 (EDT)
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: It would be pretty cool to meet the world famous relet! [[User:Zhukant|zhukant]] ([[User talk:Zhukant|talk]]) 13:09, 2 September 2014 (EDT)
  
With the new Aperfectringbot looking for them, we should start pages for each of the new
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::Awesome! I would love to meet you people. I'm not certain how mobile I will be, but I'm going to have Sunday off, and then a conference at Portland University for the rest of the week. I'll keep an eye on the coordinates on Friday before I jump on a plane. --[[User:relet|relet]]
expeditions once we start actually doing some planning.
 
  
That said, Wed looks close to Oregon CityI won't be heading there, but someone else
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Looks like a trip to the wine shop on Sat. My plane lands 11:30am (KLM, Amsterdam) if you want to meet early. I might just as well get a bus from there. --[[User:relet|relet]] 12:59, 5 September 2014 (EDT)
might want to wander by. Looks to be in a big field, though. [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 17:03, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 
  
:[[User:AperfectBot/Test_Page|AperfectBot approves]].  I would suggest that a page is only created if someone is very likely to attend, though, so we don't end up with a lot of pages with just a location description lying around.  And heck, even *I* don't usually create planning pages much in advance, if at all. =P  One of the future goals of the bot is to be able to look for possible planning on graticule and graticule talk pages (not all of them, mind you, just ones in a list that will likely be on a wiki page).  --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 17:09, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
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Saturday's hashpoint is near WinCo in Vancouver, Washington.  WinCo is actually like a supermarket, not a wine shop.
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[[User:Jiml|Jiml]] ([[User talk:Jiml|talk]]) 19:20, 5 September 2014 (EDT)
  
Well, we've gone from the southern edge of the graticules to the northern edge.  Looking too far for me this weekend, but
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=== Eldin - Sept 2014 ===
others may be closer.  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 04:29, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
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I'll be on the Oregon coast (near Tillamook, McMinnville graticule) from Sep. 8th to 14th 2014. I hadn't scheduled a day in Portland this trip like I usually do, but I'd love to meet [[User:relet|relet]] and/or any of the Portland-area folks while I'm passing through the region. --[[User:Eldin|Eldin]] ([[User talk:Eldin|talk]]) 15:36, 3 September 2014 (EDT)
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:I arrived in Portland in the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday, September 9th. I'll be here for a couple hours before lunchtime, before heading one more graticule west for the remainder of the week. But if anyone wants to meet up Tuesday morning, or if an evening meetup (preferably at a hashpoint, if the algorithm is cooperative) can be arranged which I might be willing to drive back up to the portland area for, feel free to drop me a line. --[[User:Eldin|Eldin]] ([[User talk:Eldin|talk]]) 04:10, 9 September 2014 (EDT)
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::I'm going to shoot for the [[2014-09-12 44 -123]] geohash near salem. I'll try to check back here when I'm in the area to see if anyone else might be planning to try for it. --[[User:Eldin|Eldin]] ([[User talk:Eldin|talk]]) 19:53, 12 September 2014 (EDT)
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::I've got stuff pretty much all day tomorrow, and the hashpoints looked far away, so I didn't have any plans, except for perhaps a retro of that North Portland hashpoint.  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] ([[User talk:Jiml|talk]]) 00:28, 13 September 2014 (EDT)
  
Well, as far as I am concerned, we close out the month with hashpoints that are a little too far away for my schedule.  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 21:33, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
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= 2022 Reformatting =
  
===Early July===
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I've made a number of changes to the graticule page today to disentangle it from McMinnville and to make it look less like geohashing was something that happened from 2008 to 2010.  I haven't erased much, so if there's anything missing that you liked, it's just a matter of un-hiding it.  I've left the meet-up and timing info as is, since I'm amiably asocial in my geohashing and don't know if it's considered "live" at this point or not.
And we start the new month with what looks like a potential [[Speed_racer_achievement|speedracer geohash]] near I-205 in Vancouver!  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 17:12, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 
  
Well, this weekend the Saturday and Sunday McMinnville hashpoints are close in.  Sunday looks much better:  It is close to
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If I stay motivated, I'll gradually update some of the sections for the years 2011 to 2021 and make them visible again.
Pumpkin Ridge Road in North Plains, Oregon.  Almost certainly requiring permission, but near to the road.  Saturday is
 
off in the woods south of Hwy 26.  I've got the local 4th of July parade to help with, so I doubt I will make the
 
latter. [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 14:56, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 
  
=North Plains again!===
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I hope I haven't made any unwelcome changes; and, if I had, it's a wiki, so you can unchange 'em! My only ask would be that I am '''strongly against''' having extensive information about neighboring graticules on the page and would like to avoid that while I'm still active unless there is a strong consensus to the contrary.  [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] ([[User talk:Michael5000|talk]]) 17:55, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
[[2009-07-08_45_-123|Jul 8 Link]]
 
  
The Dow seems to have a thing for North Plains.  The McMinnville Graticule hashpoing for Jul 8 seems to be
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: I'm not a local so I'll abstain from outright recommending it, but at least for other places that have common names the "here's other [Portlands, Farmingtons, etc.]" link has proved handy due to the [[Tale of Two Geohashes]] challenge. [[User:Arlo|Arlo]] ([[User talk:Arlo|talk]]) 00:08, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
in North Plains again.  Looks like a farmer's field again, but that should be no surprise. Anyone interested?
 
[[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 18:24, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 

Latest revision as of 00:08, 30 May 2022

Map Attack?

Any geohashers involved in mapattack.org ? Certainly seems interesting. --Thomcat (talk) 17:51, 18 October 2013 (EDT)

Hadn't heard of it prior to your note. Looks interesting, but I think I've got something that conflicts on Saturday. And I don't have an iDevice with iOS 7 on it. Jiml (talk) 01:14, 19 October 2013 (EDT)
Me neither, but they mention Android coming soon. --Thomcat (talk) 11:17, 19 October 2013 (EDT)


We're Quite the Graticule

I believe that, as of today, we've collectively mounted as many Portland graticule Expeditions in 2010 as we did in all of 2009. Throw in all of the McMinnville action and we're a global geohashing hotbed! For what that's worth....  : ) Michael5000 22:45, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

  • You and APR deserve a lot of the credit with your activity. It was pretty much just me for much of 2009! Jiml 09:36, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Older Question re Aug 17

Wil: Anyone know why August 17th is "notable?"

admalledd: No idea.

Unless someone can say why it needs to stay, I'm going to be deleting that section at some point. Also, I'll probably be cleaning up the Daily Locations section by moving all of the text below each date to the YYYY-MM-DD_45_-122 pages RSN. Wil 23:06, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the cleanup, Wil. Do you know who has the first geohash in this graticule? --Thomcat 15:11, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
Thomcat, Drache and NoTerminal had the first geohash in the world, and they had it in this graticule.  :) Wil 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I completed my cleanup of the Portland page yesterday. The only thing I noticed that need help with is contacting Erin, who was at the 2008-05-26 geohash and who promised us pictures but never posted any. Wil 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Damn you all in Portland for having an active location. I am the only local to ever visit a Eugene location... It is hard to go when you know you will be the only one there. Grr.

It's a shame that none of the recent (and not-so-recent) expeditions have been written up so that the rest of us can enjoy reading about them. (Or did nobody actually go? Several people are listed as expressing interest.) Can I please encourage you all to write something -- anything! -- about your expeditions? Thanks. -- Benjw 17:59, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

I second Benjw's request. Make quickie expedition pages showing whether or not you reached the coordinates, just so that we an count you in the global statistics. -Robyn 17:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Vistors! - Ohai!

Relet - Sept 2014

I'll be around from Sep 6 in the afternoon until the Friday after. Shoot me a message if you are spontaneously planning anything. -- relet 09:21, 2 September 2014 (EDT)

It would be pretty cool to meet the world famous relet! zhukant (talk) 13:09, 2 September 2014 (EDT)
Awesome! I would love to meet you people. I'm not certain how mobile I will be, but I'm going to have Sunday off, and then a conference at Portland University for the rest of the week. I'll keep an eye on the coordinates on Friday before I jump on a plane. --relet

Looks like a trip to the wine shop on Sat. My plane lands 11:30am (KLM, Amsterdam) if you want to meet early. I might just as well get a bus from there. --relet 12:59, 5 September 2014 (EDT)

Saturday's hashpoint is near WinCo in Vancouver, Washington. WinCo is actually like a supermarket, not a wine shop. Jiml (talk) 19:20, 5 September 2014 (EDT)

Eldin - Sept 2014

I'll be on the Oregon coast (near Tillamook, McMinnville graticule) from Sep. 8th to 14th 2014. I hadn't scheduled a day in Portland this trip like I usually do, but I'd love to meet relet and/or any of the Portland-area folks while I'm passing through the region. --Eldin (talk) 15:36, 3 September 2014 (EDT)

I arrived in Portland in the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday, September 9th. I'll be here for a couple hours before lunchtime, before heading one more graticule west for the remainder of the week. But if anyone wants to meet up Tuesday morning, or if an evening meetup (preferably at a hashpoint, if the algorithm is cooperative) can be arranged which I might be willing to drive back up to the portland area for, feel free to drop me a line. --Eldin (talk) 04:10, 9 September 2014 (EDT)
I'm going to shoot for the 2014-09-12 44 -123 geohash near salem. I'll try to check back here when I'm in the area to see if anyone else might be planning to try for it. --Eldin (talk) 19:53, 12 September 2014 (EDT)
I've got stuff pretty much all day tomorrow, and the hashpoints looked far away, so I didn't have any plans, except for perhaps a retro of that North Portland hashpoint. Jiml (talk) 00:28, 13 September 2014 (EDT)

2022 Reformatting

I've made a number of changes to the graticule page today to disentangle it from McMinnville and to make it look less like geohashing was something that happened from 2008 to 2010. I haven't erased much, so if there's anything missing that you liked, it's just a matter of un-hiding it. I've left the meet-up and timing info as is, since I'm amiably asocial in my geohashing and don't know if it's considered "live" at this point or not.

If I stay motivated, I'll gradually update some of the sections for the years 2011 to 2021 and make them visible again.

I hope I haven't made any unwelcome changes; and, if I had, it's a wiki, so you can unchange 'em! My only ask would be that I am strongly against having extensive information about neighboring graticules on the page and would like to avoid that while I'm still active unless there is a strong consensus to the contrary. Michael5000 (talk) 17:55, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

I'm not a local so I'll abstain from outright recommending it, but at least for other places that have common names the "here's other [Portlands, Farmingtons, etc.]" link has proved handy due to the Tale of Two Geohashes challenge. Arlo (talk) 00:08, 30 May 2022 (UTC)